June 2012
Openly gay Latina wins Texas congressional seat
motherjones:
(Courtesy Mary Gonzalez)
Mary Gonzalez told them she was the best candidate to represent them and El Paso voters agreed, but along the way, the 28-year-old doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin broke her share of barriers.
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This is a first. Woo!
May 2012
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to...
– Benjamin Disraeli (via thelittlephilosopher)
rubywhiterabbit:
My little brother got into outer space and stuff so my step-mom bought him a place mat with all the planets on it. When I first saw it, I was upset, because it was newer and so Pluto wasn’t labeled. I was about to say something when I noticed something…
Pluto is there.
The artist remembered Pluto.
Guys…
The artist drew Pluto crying.
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize...
– Lao Tzu (via lazyyogi)
It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy...
– Sharon Salzberg (Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation)
I am not a little bit of many things; but I am the sufficient representation of...
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If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love...
– The Dalai Lama (via lazyyogi)
If you believe in your heart that you are right, then you must fight with all...
– Linda Ellerbee (via myquotelibrary)
If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail. It takes back bone to lead the...
– Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road (via simply-quotes)
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to...
– Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
Even a map cannot show you
the way back to a place
that no longer exists.
– Sandra M. Castillo, from “Christmas, 1970” (via risky wiver)
"When you decide it’s time for change to happen,... →
All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace...
– Eckhart Tolle (via lazyyogi)
Every positive change—every jump to a higher level of energy and...
– Dan Millman (via skeleton-garden)
When someone asks why I chose to go to grad school
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whatshouldwecallme:
There’s nothing like a song about lost love to remind you how everything...
– Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees (via simply-quotes)
Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.
– Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road (via simply-quotes)