“Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.”
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Sister Joan Chittister
“I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.”
Ricky Gervais
“Same-sex marriage is not gay privilege, it’s equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don’t.”
Bill Maher
“Politicians are like suede jackets. There are cheap ones and expensive ones, but once they get rain on them, they all look like shit.”
Herb Block
“The worst form of corruption is the acceptance of corruption.”
Fred Rogers
“Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.”
Dalai Lama
“All beings want to live undisturbed in peace and happiness. Therefore, the concept of human rights is universal. It should apply to everyone who experiences pain or pleasure. This is why developing sincere concern for others gives us peace of mind; it brings with it trust and a sense of peace. Cultivating warm-heartedness contributes to our own well-being.”
Matt Taibbi
“This sudden decision by the party’s Washington establishment to reverse course and blame their failures on ‘fools’ out there in the heartland is a joke. If you spend a decade treating your constituents like morons, you can’t point the finger at them when your party gets a reputation for being stupid.”
Mark Twain
“Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.”
Buzz Osborne
“Cobain had that wounded junkie look that people at MTV thought was so amazing. But, honestly, if him or Chris Cornell looked like Fat Albert, they’d never have sold anywhere near as many records. Nobody would’ve cared. The whole package was there. Whether people believe that or not, it does make a difference.”
Happening In Unreal Time
We all know Livin’ On A Prayer, Bon Jovi’s #1 hit from 1987. Whether you liked the song or not, you heard it, it was everywhere. For the last 15-20 years, its probably been heard most often in a passive setting where the music was chosen for the listener, such as: the radio, a bar, a wedding reception or even a sporting event.
One of these passive settings, a sporting event, has created a call to action. Livin’ On A Prayer re-entered the Billboard Top 40 singles chart this week. What caused the spike in sales? A video of a fan performing to the song at a sporting event. You’ve probably seen it by now. I recall seeing the video in 2009 when it was first posted. Apparently it has only now truly become a viral video, or perhaps it is viral again.
So let’s get this straight. A song from 1987 has charted in 2013 with a big help from a viral video made in 2009. What dimension are we living in when moments like this occur and play out in an influential manner? If time itself is the fourth dimension, what is this? If we live in what we call real time, what is this? Unreal time?
Here is the video that brought us into unreal time. I posted it, for contextual purposes only, in case you’re one of the few people that haven’t watched it yet.
Jason Whitlock
“Fame and fortune foment self-delusion. They’re the sworn enemy of self-awareness. The rich and the famous oftentimes reach the erroneous conclusion that they’re rich and famous because they’ve made all the right decisions.”
Elizabeth Warren
“In a democracy, hostage tactics are the last resort for those who can’t otherwise win their fights through elections, can’t win their fights in Congress, can’t win their fights for the Presidency, and can’t win their fights in Courts. For this right-wing minority, hostage-taking is all they have left – a last gasp of those who cannot cope with the realities of our democracy.”
George Carlin
“Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking. They want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.”
Tom Trebelhorn
“The last time the Cubs won the world series was 1908. The last time they were in one was 1945. Hey, any team can have a bad century.”
Warren Buffett
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
Joan Didion
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, find out what I’m looking at, find out what I see to find out what it means.”
Alice Hoffman
“Here’s the thing about luck…you don’t know if it’s good or bad until you have some perspective.”
Warren Buffett
“I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs you don’t like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn’t that a little like saving up sex for your old age?”
Mark Twain
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
Brett Callero: Visual Artist 