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    “i want to apologize to all the women

    i have called pretty

    before i’ve called them intelligent or brave

    i am sorry i made it sound as though

    something as simple as what you’re born with

    is the most you have to be proud of when your

    spirit has crushed mountains

    from now on i will say things like

    you are resilient or you are extraordinary

    not because i don’t think you’re pretty

    but because you are so much more than that”

    Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 179)

      “he placed his hands

      on my mind

      before reaching

      for my waist

      my hips

      or my lips

      he didn’t call me

      beautiful first

      he called me

      exquisite”

      Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 54)

      Jonas Mekas Quote on Choosing Art and Beauty Against Ugliness and Horrors

        “I choose art and beauty, vague as those terms are, against ugliness and horrors in which we live today.  For somebody to look at a flower or listen to music does something to one, has a positive effect, and being surrounded by ugliness and horror does something negative.  So I feel my duty not to betray those poets, scientists, saints, singers, troubadours of the past centuries who did everything that humanity would become more beautiful.”

        Jonas Mekas, via Happiness is a Choice You Make (Page 45)

        Beyond the Quote (20/365)

        If it bleeds it leads.  If you haven’t heard this expression before, it’s sort of the unannounced, unofficial but predominantly popular strategy for many media outlets that represents the idea of using fear and despondency to keep viewers tuned in, listening, and coming back to them for more.  It’s popular because it works and because it works it helps media companies sell more advertisements and improve their bottom-line.

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