May 2012
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“don’t be gentle, it’s a rental”
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“i will never let you go”
– sounds like a threat?
don't tell me
doing as told is cheap. i have always had a tendency to not do exactly as told.
in an oral exam i once avoided any example or definition the professor had given us and tried doing it differently in order to not bore him.
same thing with gifts. if i know what someone would love because the person himself/herself knows, it is no challenge to just go out and buy it. i want to surprise. to have the...
“wish you were here”
– wrote a postcard to myself.
as my mind was wondering all the time, i found it necessary to tell myself, that i could have had a lot of fun, if i had only been there, where my body was.
“in my world it is.”
– whenever my friends have a little argument that seems to be unable to resolve, they just resort to constructivism stating that in their own world, that they construct in their minds it is just the way they said it was.
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Father Forgets →
By W. Livingston Larned
Listen, son; I am saying this as you lie asleep, one little paw crumpled under your cheek and the blond curls stickily wet on your damp forehead. I have stolen into your room alone. Just a few minutes ago, as I sat reading my paper in the library, a stifling wave of remorse swept over me. Guiltily I came to your bedside.
There are things I was thinking, son: I had been...
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“you express yourself very precisely”
– one of the best compliments i ever got
philosophy of gas consumption
in germany the car manufacturer tells you how much fuel the car needs to go 100 km (~60 miles). in the us the car manufacturer tells you how far you can go on a gallon of fuel.
what does this tell us about the different cultures?
the german knows where he is going and wants to know how much it is going to cost to get there. the american knows how much gas he has and just wants to know how...
“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new...”
– Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
“Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly...”
– Oscar Wilde
The Proust Questionnaire →
to think a little about one’s own likes, needs, desires…
being vulnerable is attractive.
is being hurt?
“as i don’t know you, my love must be unconditional.”
“back in the days food had no ingredients.
food was the ingredient. you bought...”
– some guy on TED.com talking about prepackaged food and the loss of cooking culture
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“Es ist nicht unsere Aufgabe, einander näherzukommen, sowenig wie Sonne und Mond...”
– hermann hesse - narziss und goldmund
“if you were hot at least, or cold, but you are just luke warm and i spit you...”
– klaus kinski - jesus christus erlöser
“wärt ihr doch wenigstens heiß oder wenigstens kalt, aber ihr seid nur lauwarm und ich spucke euch aus!”
“all i want is a reason to give up.”
– an acceptable reason