The Last Smiling Laugh

"If you live for people’s acceptance, you’ll die from their rejection."

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:14:49 -0700

“If you live for people’s acceptance, you’ll die from their rejection.”

- LeCrae (via annaharo)

gjmueller: The science, technology, engineering and...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:56:33 -0700

The science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students of today are tomorrow’s scientists. They’re the future disease curers, bridge builders, space explorers, and in many STEM fields, they’re nearly half women. In the past decade, the number of degrees that women earned at all levels has steadily increased, which will help close the STEM gap in America’s workforce. Women still have fields where they make up a small minority, but supporting women in these fields is one way to insure a steady pipeline of bright scientists to lead the future of American competitiveness and innovation. Check out our latest infographic that shows how STEM fields stack up in overall growth, and how they break down between men and women.

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flavorpill: Famous Photographers’ Self-Portraits in Mirrors

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:55:26 -0700

flavorpill:

Famous Photographers’ Self-Portraits in Mirrors

nevver: Mostly babies, pets, and drugs.

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:54:55 -0700

nevver:

Mostly babies, pets, and drugs.

ruineshumaines: Philosophy Poster by Max Temkin

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:29:38 -0700

ruineshumaines:

Philosophy Poster by Max Temkin

ruineshumaines: Fog by ~umittaranci

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:20:41 -0700

ruineshumaines:

Fog by ~umittaranci

firsttimeuser: Photography is like life… What does it all mean?...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:18:14 -0700

firsttimeuser:

Photography is like life… What does it all mean? I don’t know - but you get an impression, a feeling…. An impression of walking through the street, walking through the park, walking through life. I’m very suspicious of people who say they know what it means. — Leonard Freed

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Photo

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:08:41 -0700

landscape-stories: All images courtesy of Michael Kenna -...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:07:15 -0700

landscape-stories:

All images courtesy of Michael Kenna - Kussharo Lake Tree, Study 7, Kotan, Hokkaido, Japan, 2007

deadpaint: Egon Schiele, Love Couple

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:05:57 -0700

deadpaint:

Egon Schiele, Love Couple

Memorable quotes: Inglourious Basterds (2009) Lt. Aldo Raine:...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:59:12 -0700

Memorable quotes: Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Lt. Aldo Raine: My name is Lt. Aldo Raine and I’m putting together a special team, and I need me eight soldiers. Eight Jewish-American soldiers. Now, y’all might’ve heard rumors about the armada happening soon. Well, we’ll be leaving a little earlier. We’re gonna be dropped into France, dressed as civilians. And once we’re in enemy territory, as a bushwhackin’ guerrilla army, we’re gonna be doin’ one thing and one thing only… killin’ Nazis. Now, I don’t know about y’all, but I sure as hell didn’t come down from the goddamn Smoky Mountains, cross five thousand miles of water, fight my way through half of Sicily and jump out of a fuckin’ air-o-plane to teach the Nazis lessons in humanity. Nazi ain’t got no humanity. They’re the foot soldiers of a Jew-hatin’, mass murderin’ maniac and they need to be dee-stroyed. That’s why any and every every son of a bitch we find wearin’ a Nazi uniform, they’re gonna die. Now, I’m the direct descendant of the mountain man Jim Bridger. That means I got a little Injun in me. And our battle plan will be that of an Apache resistance. We will be cruel to the Germans, and through our cruelty they will know who we are. And they will find the evidence of our cruelty in the disemboweled, dismembered, and disfigured bodies of their brothers we leave behind us. And the German won’t not be able to help themselves but to imagine the cruelty their brothers endured at our hands, and our boot heels, and the edge of our knives. And the German will be sickened by us, and the German will talk about us, and the German will fear us. And when the German closes their eyes at night and they’re tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done, it will be with thoughts of us they are tortured with. Sound good?
The Basterds: Yes, sir!
Lt. Aldo Raine: That’s what I like to hear. But I got a word of warning for all you would-be warriors. When you join my command, you take on debit. A debit you owe me personally. Each and every man under my command owes me one hundred Nazi scalps. And I want my scalps. And all y’all will git me one hundred Nazi scalps, taken from the heads of one hundred dead Nazis. Or you will die tryin’.