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But like any social animal, taking a pit bull in public, letting it get used to...
– Curtis Cartier for Seattle Weekly
Comment of the Week: It’s Not the Pit Bull, It’s the Pit Bull Owner
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Dog mourns at casket of fallen Navy SEAL →
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Engagement-Zombie Killing photoshoot by Amanda...
Some people are too damn cool for their own good!
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All photos by Amanda Rynda, check out more of her work here
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The first warnings of the earthquake may have occurred at the National Zoo,...
– Joel Achenbach in his elegant Virginia earthquake wrap-up. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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I think Chris Christie just jumped into the race.
– Alex Pareene in a tweet after the 5.8 earthquake. (via washingtonpoststyle)
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I guess there really was an earthquake
I didn’t feel a thing, I was in the process of trying on a dress at the mall when they suddenly announced they were closing. Then I came home tonight and my books were strewn all over the floor.
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Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard.
– DAVID McCULLOUGH (via Advice to Writers)
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If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s...
– Audre Lorde (via bookwormshaven)
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Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with...
– Saul Bellow, Ravelstein (via llibre)
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A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
– George R. R. Martin (via the-exchange)
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7:30 pm Today
So I arrive home, after a tiring day of uselessness, ready to turn my turnips and chives into something delicious. I turn on the television, To Kill a Mockingbird is on. I change my clothes, and start slicing up my turnips while contentedly watching my favorite literary character with the moral fiber of spider silk played by the handsome, statuesque Gregory (my future children would benefit from...
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World of Class Warfare - The Poor’s Free Ride Is Over
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
– Henry David Thoreau (via realfakescientist)
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You need to screw up to learn. You need to experience to create greatness.
– Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz (via effyeahyoungadultlit)
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The Daily Show - World of Class Warfare - Warren Buffett vs. Wealthy Conservatives
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I see men assassinated around me every day. I walk through rooms of the dead,...
– Charles Bukowski (via light-essence)
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