Sunday 27 December 2009

Oh I'm a psychiatrist

"What do you do for a living?" I asked.
His hand shook so badly, as he lit another cigarette, that he knocked over the whisky bottle at his elbow.
"Oh I'm a psychiatrist," he said. "I help people who have problems."
Sangharakshita, Peace is a fire

Unless you love yourself...

Unless you are a healthy, growing individual – unless, as it were, you love yourself – you can't love others.
Sangharakshita, Peace is a fire

One is as though nothing is a miracle

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein

Wednesday 23 December 2009

Philip Glass - Façades

Philip Glass - Façades

Monday 21 December 2009

Top Ten Things Jim Carrey Will Always Say Yes To

Top Ten Things Jim Carrey Will Always Say Yes To

It is not the strength, but the duration of great sentiments that makes great men

Nicht die Stärke, sondern die Dauer der hohen Empfindung macht die hohen Menschen.
It is not the strength, but the duration of great sentiments that makes great men.

Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil, Chapter IV: Apophthegms and Interludes, 72
Jenseits von Gut und Böse, Sprüche und Zwischenspiele

Sunday 20 December 2009

Ό,τι έκανα, δεν το έκανα εγώ

Ό,τι έκανα, δεν το έκανα εγώ. Το έκαναν οι άλλοι, για τους οποίους δεν ευθύνομαι. Ομως, βαρύνομαι. Σχεδόν αποκλειστικά.
Σταύρος Σταυρόπουλος

Η ποίηση συμβαίνει όταν ένα ρήμα, ένα ουσιαστικό κι ένα επίθετο συναντιούνται για πρώτη φορά

Οι Ινδιάνοι λένε ότι η ποίηση συμβαίνει όταν ένα ρήμα, ένα ουσιαστικό κι ένα επίθετο συναντιούνται για πρώτη φορά. Η ερώτηση δεν είναι αν σου αρέσει, αλλά αν την αντέχεις. Η συντριβή είναι δεδομένη.
Σταύρος Σταυρόπουλος
http://greekpoems.wordpress.com/2009/12/20/στη-χώρα-των-θανάτων-σταύρος-stavropoulos/

Tuesday 15 December 2009

El que se tenga por grande (flamenco, scene from "The Limits of Control", review)

Perhaps the song below (second video from the actual movie) is the only thing of interest in the movie The Limits of Control. Ok, some quotes from the moronic scenario are good too (one, aptly characterized the entire movie: "Sometimes I like it in films when people just sit there, not saying anything.").