Muriel Spark Quote – Frankness Is Usually A Euphemism For Rudeness
“Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.” – Muriel Spark
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Barbara De Angelis Quote – Living With Integrity
“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.” […]
Read moreChangchun, China – Public toilets converted into restaurant
People living in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin province have called for old public toilets that were partly converted into a restaurant to be put back to their original use, according to chinanews.com. “Why can’t we use this public toilet? I have to climb up six flights of stairs back home to use the toilet,” a senior resident surnamed Zhao said. […]
Read moreEnvying the lower castes
Suddenly everyone wants to be low-caste, said Badri Narayan. It used to be considered an extreme disadvantage to be in one of India’s oppressed castes or indigenous tribes. But decades of affirmative action and quota systems have changed all that. Now, many lower-middle castes are agitating to be reclassified as “more backward,” in effect “struggling to move down the ladder […]
Read moreAmos Bronson Alcott Quote – Best Lessons
“Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.” – Amos Bronson Alcott
Read moreNever allow your past to affect who you are today
“Never allow your past to affect who you are today.”
Read moreWhy you can’t resist scratching an itch
Feeling itchy from a sunburn, a bug bite or some other skin irritation is miserable, but the pleasure you get from scratching it isn’t just the absence of pain. It feels legitimately good to scratch, and the reason is fascinating. A 2008 study at Wake Forest University hooked people up to a MRI scanner and monitored brain activity when they […]
Read moreGloria Naylor Quote – You Can Live
“You can live without anything you weren’t born with, and you can make it through on even half of that.” – Gloria Naylor
Read moreSnorkeler Mistakes Fake Skeletons for Real Human Remains, Sends Authorities on Hunt
A man snorkeling in the Colorado River near the Arizona and California border sent authorities on a hunt after he alerted them to what appeared to be “skeletal remains” at the bottom of the river. After he called police in Arizona, authorities launched a search for the remains on Monday, and divers from the Buckskin Fire Department swam down to […]
Read moreMark Twain Quote- Man Will Do Many Things
“Man will do many things to get himself loved; he will do all things to get himself envied.” – Mark Twain
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