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"Something just outta give"

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:01:30 -0400

“Something just outta give”

When you Love someone, show it every chance you get.

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:04 -0400

balmainsaintlaurent: Started at the stairs now we here, started...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:17:44 -0400

balmainsaintlaurent:

Started at the stairs now we here, started at the stairs now where my life alert

"There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:17:13 -0400

“There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid is genuine or given in the spirit of affirming one’s cultural superiority. My mood is dampened every time I attend a benefit whose host runs through a litany of African disasters before presenting a (usually) wealthy, white person, who often proceeds to list the things he or she has done for the poor, starving Africans. Every time a well-meaning college student speaks of villagers dancing because they were so grateful for her help, I cringe. Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head — because Africans, real people though we may be, are used as props in the West’s fantasy of itself. And not only do such depictions tend to ignore the West’s prominent role in creating many of the unfortunate situations on the continent, they also ignore the incredible work Africans have done and continue to do to fix those problems.”

- Uzodinma Iweala, “Stop Trying to ‘Save’ Africa”

(via cammyyy)

imunworthy: Naija mothers will call you only once

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:16:24 -0400

imunworthy:

Naija mothers will call you only once

"Addiction is tricky. For example: a man who quit smoking for 11 years spent 15 seconds in an..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:15:03 -0400

“Addiction is tricky. For example: a man who quit smoking for 11 years spent 15 seconds in an elevator with a man smoking a cigarette. He gave in.
What I’m trying to say is I think I love you again.”

- (via stymshaws)

"People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:14:29 -0400

“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them - but you decide to trust them.”

- Veronica Roth (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 22:14:14 -0400

"Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:13:30 -0400

“Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as unaccomplished as you think you are. To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.”

- Marc Hack (via beautiful-ambition)

0riginality-over-swag: Best way to capture a male specimens...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:12:39 -0400

0riginality-over-swag:

Best way to capture a male specimens soul.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 22:12:29 -0400

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Mon, 20 May 2013 22:12:10 -0400

"Some of you are graduating summa cum laude. Some of you are graduating magna cum laude. And some of..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:11:28 -0400

“Some of you are graduating summa cum laude. Some of you are graduating magna cum laude. And some of you are graduating thank you laude.”

- PRESIDENT OBAMA, giving the commencement speech at Morehouse College (via CBS News)