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East End Boys, West End Girls.

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The secret to having what you want is to love what you want so much that you already have it in your heart, so there is no gap between ‘then’ and ‘now’ and no sense of lack, because time has broken open and ‘you’ are not incomplete. You love where you are so deeply that you can rest, here and now. You love the journey so completely that reaching the destination would only be a bonus. The rest is details. And adventure.

JEFF FOSTER (via purplebuddhaquotes)

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You’re within me — in every thought, every word, every act.

Simone de Beauvoir (via peonyie)

Me, talking to the stars.

(via sagansense)

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The lesson you need the most will be the hardest to recover from. The pain will be so deeply embedded that the only way to heal is to proactively practice self-love. What does that mean? It means choosing to operate in spirit instead of ego, even on the bad days. Your soul knows what it needs, follow that feeling.

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Orange Cat: [unfriendly/somewhat sharp meow]

Second cat slowly looks at the camera.

Man, filming, bashfully and sounding somewhat frightened: Sorry!

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Pre-Fame Prince

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Why did Vikings have 'Allah' embroidered into funeral clothes?

Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves. The discovery raises new questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia, writes journalist Tharik Hussain.

They were kept in storage for more than 100 years, dismissed as typical examples of Viking Age funeral clothes.

But a new investigation into the garments - found in 9th and 10th Century graves - has thrown up groundbreaking insights into contact between the Viking and Muslim worlds.

Patterns woven with silk and silver thread have been found to spell the words “Allah” and “Ali”.

The breakthrough was made by textile archaeologist Annika Larsson of Uppsala University while re-examining the remnants of burial costumes from male and female boat and chamber graves originally excavated in Birka and Gamla Uppsala in Sweden in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries. Read more.

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YA’LL COME ON. I want good ones?!

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Violence

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NGC 6935 & 6937 in Indus by strongmanmike2002 on Flickr.

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FUCK ME UP. 

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But this was what happened when you didn’t want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.

Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park (via quotespile)

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#Repost @fscottschafer ・・・ New cover I just for shot @complex with @logic301 and @neildegrassetyson 💥These two are the best!!! #sciencebros

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Muppet mischief!