January 2010
386 posts
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
Fear is not what’s important, it’s how you deal with it. It would be like asking...
– James Nachtwey, War Photographer (2001)
1 tag
1 tag
Rubbish reviews.
“Debussy’s music is the dreariest kind of rubbish. Does anybody for a moment doubt that Debussy would write such chaotic, meaningless, cacophonous, ungrammatical stuff, if he could invent a melody?” — New York Post, 1907
“It is probable that much, if not most, of Stravinsky’s music will enjoy brief existence.” — New York Sun, Jan. 16, 1937
“Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, like the first...
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
3 tags
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
J.D. Salinger, 91, Is Dead - ArtsBeat Blog -... →
peterwknox: The statement added: “Salinger had remarked that he was in this world but not of it. His body is gone but the family hopes that he is still with those he loves, whether they are religious or historical figures, personal friends or fictional characters.”
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
3 tags
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
Murderers are not monsters, they’re men. And that’s the most frightening thing...
– Alice Sebold
1 tag
2 tags
2 tags
1 tag
The Swan Divorce
Our love is dead…
lickystickypickyme:
Love is dead … for a pair of swans at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Centre at Slimbridge, England.
Swans are famous for mating for life, but this year a male swan named Sarindi (the cad!!!) turned up in an annual migration from Arctic Russia with a new female. Perhaps not to be outdone, Sarind’s ex Saruni also showed up with a new mate:
Julia...
2 tags
1 tag
2 tags
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
3 tags
1 tag
2 tags
Isn’t that what you couples do? Support each other’s silly dreams?
– Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Sex and the City
1 tag
4 tags
Your flaws are beautiful. They’re what make you stand out. Don’t try to be...
– Andrea Chiang
2 tags
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
– James Dean
2 tags