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I ate a sock because people on the Internet told me to.
My dentist tells me that chewing bricks is very bad for your teeth.
Gm ✌️
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
**Recently, she wrote about a Mexican restaurant in the Chicago suburbs.**
**“You have determined that the sex factor, that a male is more violent than a female because that’s just the way it is, and that the race factor, black, increases the future dangerousness for various complicated reasons;**
The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.
Being right is highly overrated. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
**Some of their proposals are, at this point, basically the stuff of science fiction -- like, for example, the plan to geo-engineer plankton blooms, via marine iron fertilization, to absorb some of the excess carbon dioxide we've emitted into the atmosphere.**
Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.
He had a wall full of masks so she could wear a different face every day.
A jug fills drop by drop.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
The memory we used to share is no longer coherent.
She is never happy until she finds something to be unhappy about; then, she is overjoyed.
The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
**This will cost Democrats dearly inNovember.**
With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world.
Every sixty seconds you spend angry, upset or mad, is a full minute of happiness you will never get back.
**As Peter Murray explains at Singularity Hub, "The Tactile Layer replaces the glass or plastic that normally sits on the touchscreen sensor and display.**
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
The red glow of tail lights indicating another long drive home from work after an even longer 24-hour shift at the hospital. The shift hadn’t been horrible but the constant stream of patients entering the ER meant there was no downtime. She had some of the “regulars” in tonight with new ailments they were sure were going to kill them. It’s amazing what a couple of Tylenol and a physical exam from the doctor did to eliminate their pain, nausea, headache, or whatever other mild symptoms they had. Sometimes she wondered if all they really needed was some interaction with others and a bit of the individual attention they received from the nurses.
You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.
It takes both sunshine and rain to make a rainbow.
Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Standing on one's head at job interviews forms a lasting impression.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
The truth is that you pay for your lifestyle in hours.
There was only one way to do things in the Statton house. That one way was to do exactly what the father, Charlie, demanded. He made the decisions and everyone else followed without question. That was until today.
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, Something is out of tune.
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.
✨ a little 'about me' ✨ saw so many new frens joining since lens went permissionless, so I thought it would be a good time to do an introduction :) I'm amber, an artist and photographer based in NYC (but I was born and raised in Taiwan 🇹🇼). I've always been very passionate about visual art and experimented with various media, both traditional and digital. Aside from sketching portraits and imaginary creatures for fun, I also love learning different design tools, both 2D and 3D, to bring my creative vision to life. I fell in love with film photography in the summer of 2021 when I was traveling abroad, and have been sharing my work constantly ever since. It allows me to tell stories through photographs that resembles my own thoughts and emotions - and when I do capture moments with a digital camera, I always play with the color palette to further convey the mood and solidify the narrative. here are some links where you can view my work: photography (curated on @lens/ornaart ): <https://orna.art/u/arterlioz/g/photography> Sketchbook series: <https://hey.xyz/posts/0xaeea-0x05d4> (use #sketchbookseries on @lens/hey to see all the posts I've made so far) drops on Zora: <https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xa7739902ef5684ff3289379a3eb8d2b896a34e60/1?referrer=0x399e62557a267B0aBd6E99bF22e5aF5A21Ead53b> photography I've collected on lens (great way to discover other talented artists💕): <https://gallery.so/amber/galleries/2TcbfZXDdqFGdiD9wJSd46iHKOd> If you've made it this far, thank you! Feel free to drop any questions about me or my experience as an artist on lens, and we can chat more :) Last but not least, here's a photo of me and my art 🖤 you can collect this post with 3 $BONSAI
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.
**How long will we remain silent and allow others to decide our fates?**
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
"It was so great to hear from you today and it was such weird timing," he said. "This is going to sound funny and a little strange, but you were in a dream I had just a couple of days ago. I'd love to get together and tell you about it if you're up for a cup of coffee," he continued, laying the trap he'd been planning for years.
The light in his life was actually a fire burning all around him.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
You know that tingly feeling you get on the back of your neck sometimes? I just got that feeling when talking with her. You know I don't believe in sixth senses, but there is something not right with her. I don't know how I know, but I just do.
Indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled her whole being with a vague anguish. It was like a shadow, like a mist passing across her soul's summer day. It was strange and unfamiliar; it was a mood. She did not sit there inwardly upbraiding her husband, lamenting at Fate, which had directed her footsteps to the path which they had taken. She was just having a good cry all to herself. The mosquitoes made merry over her, biting her firm, round arms and nipping at her bare insteps.
You've been eyeing me all day and waiting for your move like a lion stalking a gazelle in a savannah.
**Opening the garden** art by @lens/notgonnamakeit Limited Collect for 1 MATIC 80% going to the artist, and 20% going to @lens/creators to collect and tip more creators on Lens.
She was infatuated with color. She didn't have a favorite color per se, but she did have a fondness for teals and sea greens. You could see it in the clothes she wore that color was an important part of her overall style. She took great pride that color flowed from her and that color was always all around her. That is why, she explained to her date sitting across the table, that she could never have a serious relationship with him due to the fact that he was colorblind.
He found a leprechaun in his walnut shell.
**Out of the 100 doctors in the country, only about half were practicing clinically, and almost none were specialized.**
**Berry doesn't seem that thrilled about it, saying that they are related "in some twisted way," while I'm sure Palin yelped at the news and told one of the kids to fire up the stove for some moose chili, because "We're famous again!**
**In the weeks and months to come, Palestinian leaders will have to provide a credible answer to that question." This doesn't sound like a radical departure from long-term American policy.**
**(For her part, Palacio was inspired to write Wonder after her 3-year-old son started crying at the sight of a young girl with a facial difference.) Investing in authentic casting, despite the difficulties of the search, would have allowed the film’s creators to really stand by their message of inclusion and acceptance.**