Jan. 9, 2013 at 12:48pm with 1 note
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Jules et Jim, François Truffaut

Dec. 22, 2012 at 5:39pm with 1,961 notes
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magnificentruin: Holzer Cat Revelation of the day

magnificentruin:

Holzer Cat

Revelation of the day

Jan. 10, 2012 at 12:18pm with 1 note
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Saudade
Jan. 5, 2012 at 11:00pm with 4 notes
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Writing Democracy

“Some people put their bodies on the line for democracy.  Some pick up weapons.  And some put pen to paper.   Writers who use their gifts to speak truth to power have a special place in the annals of literature.  We revere them for their conscience and their courage.  We’ll talk with some of the world’s most celebrated writerstalk with us about the literature of democracy.”

Short, but very pleasant interviews. Includes, among others, Mario Vargas Llosa on Trujillo, Vaclav Havel on art and politics, VS Naipaul on colonialism, and Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell.

Dec. 26, 2011 at 8:06pm with 92 notes
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Boys don’t cry

Dec. 19, 2011 at 10:29am with 5 notes
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“
Show us not the aim without the way.
For ends and means on earth are so entangled
That changing one, you change the other too;
Each different path brings other ends in view.
— Ferdinand Lassalle - Franz von Sickingen. Quoted in: Arthur Koestler - Darkness at Noon
Nov. 18, 2011 at 12:58pm with 3 notes
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In an old joke from the defunct German Democratic Republic, a German worker gets a job in Siberia; aware of how all mail will be read by censors, he tells his friends: ‘Let’s establish a code: if a letter you will get from me is written in ordinary blue ink, it is true; if it is written in red ink, it is false.’ After a month, his friends get the first letter written in blue ink: ‘Everything is wonderful here: stores are full, food is abundant, apartments are large and properly heated, movie theatres show films from the West, there are many beautiful girls ready for an affair—the only thing unavailable is red ink.’
— Slavoj Žižek - Welcome to the Desert of the Real!
Sep. 18, 2011 at 9:12pm with 45,964 notes
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thedailywhat: [aeferg / theghostofher.]

thedailywhat:

[aeferg / theghostofher.]

Aug. 1, 2011 at 2:35am with 4 notes
syria
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Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power’s disappearance.
— Hannah Arendt
Jul. 19, 2011 at 5:01pm with 76 notes
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cmonstah: tass-posters: KukryniksyRussian, 20th centuryThe Metamorphosis of the “Fritzes”, January 15, 1943Ne boltai! Collection The Art Institute of Chicago has a special Tumblr feed devoted to its Soviet TASS posters show. Follow!!!

cmonstah:

tass-posters:

Kukryniksy
Russian, 20th century
The Metamorphosis of the “Fritzes”, January 15, 1943
Ne boltai! Collection

The Art Institute of Chicago has a special Tumblr feed devoted to its Soviet TASS posters show. Follow!!!

Jul. 18, 2011 at 3:24pm with 3 notes
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BEST. BLOG. EVER. PERIOD. uglybelgianhouses: Suburbs & suburbs filled with these monsters. Welcome to Belgium

BEST. BLOG. EVER. PERIOD.

uglybelgianhouses:

Suburbs & suburbs filled with these monsters. Welcome to Belgium

Jul. 16, 2011 at 4:41pm with 11 notes
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Agent Scully: “Now where going to run a few tests, this is a simple lie detector. I’ll ask you a few yes or no questions and you just answer truthfully, do you understand?” Homer: “Yes”

Agent Scully: “Now where going to run a few tests, this is a simple lie detector. I’ll ask you a few yes or no questions and you just answer truthfully, do you understand?”

Homer: “Yes”

Jul. 14, 2011 at 8:32pm with 119 notes
Reblogged from fuckyeahdirectors
“
In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people’s home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!
— woody allen (via bumbarmshouse)
5:35pm with 52 notes
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thepoliticalnotebook: Germany is awarding Vladimir Putin the Quadriga award, an award for freedom and democratic change. Yes, really. The announcement has, of course, received a lot of criticism and outrage for choosing to honor an ex-KGB spy with an iffy (if we’re going to be mild about it) human rights record. As Germany Human Rights Watch director Wenzel Michalski says, this prize is the opposite of accurate, as  During his presidency and beyond, Putin presided over an unmistakable reversal in civic freedoms in Russia. Photo Credit: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

thepoliticalnotebook:

Germany is awarding Vladimir Putin the Quadriga award, an award for freedom and democratic change. Yes, really. The announcement has, of course, received a lot of criticism and outrage for choosing to honor an ex-KGB spy with an iffy (if we’re going to be mild about it) human rights record. As Germany Human Rights Watch director Wenzel Michalski says, this prize is the opposite of accurate, as 

During his presidency and beyond, Putin presided over an unmistakable reversal in civic freedoms in Russia.

Photo Credit: Grigory Dukor/Reuters

11:10am with 334 notes
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fuckyeahdirectors: Alfred Hitchcock and his filmography. 

fuckyeahdirectors:

Alfred Hitchcock and his filmography.