The secret to success in almost all fields is large, uninterrupted blocks of focused time.

Think of it this way: There are two kinds of failure. The first comes from never trying out your ideas because you are afraid, or because you are waiting for the perfect time. This kind of failure you can never learn from, and such timidity will destroy you. The second kind

In the future, the great division will be between those who have trained themselves to handle these complexities and those who are overwhelmed by them -- those who can acquire skills and discipline their minds and those who are irrevocably distracted by all the media around them

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

there was a dreadful Nazi term indicating persons "not worthy of life." first, you degrade a category of human beings. (for Nazis it was not only Jews but numerous others.) then, you cut them off from society in a ghetto or transported to a "labor camp." then, you begin

sometimes i dream of what we could have been yk.

Take revenge by being good, decent, and kind. "The best revenge is to not be like them." — Marcus Aurelius

The first of three women expected to testify at Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial told jurors she refused Weinstein's advances when they met to discuss potential jobs. huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-se…

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“I asked grok” “I asked chatgpt” I asked my trixie mattel magic h8 heart

Make friends with people who get mad at you when they see you’re not living up to your potential.

We entrust the victims of the vile terrorist attack on the Greek Orthodox community of Mar Elias Church in Damascus to God’s mercy, and we offer our prayers for the wounded and their families. I say to the Christians of the Middle East: I am close to you! The whole Church is

6 Life Lessons From Marcus Aurelius: 1. Stop making excuses 2. Complaining will make it worse 3. Embrace failure 4. Trade anger for sympathy 5. Always do the right thing 6. Cut out the inessential

"Do geese see God?" is a palindrome. ...but do they???

David Hockney - Early Morning, Sainte-Maxime (1968)

“There is so much about this moment that is trying to make people feel like they’ve lost their minds, when, in fact, these mothafuckas are crazy.” Oh, Kamala Harris, you have charmed me🤭

Kiki Smith, "Untitled (paper figures red walls)," 1990  "Kiki Smith: The Moon Watches the Earth" celebrates the nearly four-decade friendship between the artist and Arne Glimcher: pacegallery.com/exhibitions/ki…