May 2012
13 posts
“Though educators are fond of saying you learn from failure, with today’s stakes,...”
– New York Times
Best Graduation Speeches in the Last 25 Years
The Longform Guide to Commencement Addresses
Sheryl Sandberg, David Foster Wallace, Jon Stewart—the best graduation speeches of the past 25 years.
By Jody Avirgan|Posted Saturday, May 19, 2012, at 6:45 AM ET
Daily Show host Jon Stewart
Photograph by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for the Robin Hood Foundation.
You probably slept through it, but there’s a chance the commencement...
How We All Should Live Our Lives
Flooded with frustration? Relax, take it easy, just enjoyyyyy the ride…….
Hilarity in Asia
Sources: JSTOR, LexisNexisLawSchool….You know, all those highly acclaimed academic journals/databases.
HOYA SAXA..Georgetown University B-Ball game vs China
I I LOVE THIS PICTURE SO MUCHHH
LOLLL World Record…
LOLLLL ASIAN BUFF
SO SADDD
LOLLL
Hahahaha
TThe definition of a ghetto McDonalds
Checkout the doggy
HAHhahahahhaa
Epic
JAJAJAJA wtffff...
15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy
Source: PurposeFairy
Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them. Not anymore. Starting today we will give up on all those...
“This is unbelievably believable. It’s unbelievable because in the moment...”
– Griffin III (via @asoetarso)
Spark Spark Spark
A compilation of inspirational posters…Enjoy!
Inspirational Story of The Day: A Columbia Janitor...
“The richness is in me, in my heart and in my head, not in my pockets,”
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NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out trash at Columbia University.
A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living working for the Ivy League school. But Sunday was payback time: The 52-year-old janitor donned a cap and gown to graduate with a...
Love & Life
Life without love is no life at all.
The literal definition of love is:
“A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person”
or
“A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for parent, child or friend”.
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I, however, think that the definitions of love mentioned above are too limited.
Love should also be about the love of...
Those Who Mind Don't Matter, Those Who Matter...
One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am.
- Michelle Obama
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
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