Sunday, August 30, 2015
12 Beautiful And Poignant Quotes From Oliver Sacks
Posted by Unknown on Sunday, August 30, 2015
The neurologist died Sunday aged 82. Here are just a few of his thoughts on topics from music and perception, to ageing and how he felt when he learned of his terminal cancer.
Dr. Oliver Sacks speaks at Columbia University June 3, 2009 in New York City. Sacks was appointed Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center in 2007.
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If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self—himself—he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.
Via oliversacks.com
Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.
Via oliversacks.com
We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. And seeing with the brain is often called imagination. And we are familiar with the landscapes of our own imagination, our inscapes. We've lived with them all our lives. But there are also hallucinations as well, and hallucinations are completely different. They don't seem to be of our creation. They don't seem to be under our control. They seem to come from the outside, and to mimic perception.
Via ted.com
Saturday, August 29, 2015
5 Great Books To Read In September
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, August 29, 2015
A roundup of recent favorites we’ve reviewed in the BuzzFeed Books newsletter.
Mollie Shafer-Schweig / BuzzFeed
Harper
Graham Webster
33 "Harry Potter" Tumblr Posts Guaranteed To Make You Laugh
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, August 29, 2015
Bless the Harry Potter fandom.
This ~interesting~ Cosmo sex tip.
— Caitlin Michelle Beerer, Facebook
This post that proved Harry can be an asshole sometimes.
This Harry Potter/Pitch Perfect mashup.
How Well Do You Remember These Summer Reading Classics?
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, August 29, 2015
Let’s put your English Lit skills to the test.
Which "Harry Potter" Quote Do You Need To Hear Right Now?
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The wisdom of Dumbledore is forever.
What New Book Should You Read This Fall?
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~Fall~ in love with a new book this fall.
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These Gay Animals Were Banned In Venice But Applauded By The Pope
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“His holiness is grateful for the thoughtful gesture and for the feelings which it evoked,” the Vatican wrote to the author of several LGBT-friendly children’s books.
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After the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, yanked a children's book showing animals in different forms of families from pre-school libraries in his city, the publisher of The Little Egg was surprised to get an enthusiastic letter on behalf of Pope Francis in response to the book and several others with LGBT themes sent to the Vatican.
"His holiness is grateful for the thoughtful gesture and for the feelings which it evoked, hoping for an always more fruitful activity in the service of young generations and the spread of genuine human and Christian values," wrote Monsignor Peter Brian Wells of the Vatican Secretary of State in a letter to The Little Egg's author, according to a report in The Guardian.
On her Facebook page, Pardi wrote that she sent copies of books published by her company, Lo Stampatello, to the pope along with a cover letter explaining that she started the company for the sake of her four children, which she is raising along with her partner, Maria Silvia Fiengo.
"The book, 'Why are there two mothers?' is simply our (their) story, and the book "Why are there two dads?" is the story of a family that we personally know," she wrote. She said conservative groups have distorted the books in a campaign against them in Italy, saying "we support the teaching of masturbation to children in schools, inciting people against us."
"In most cases, homosexuals are good people and face the task of parenting with great responsibility and competence," she wrote. "Many put their hopes in a church that is not fundamentalist and inhuman as we have known in other historical eras ... which is why I persist in trying to reach you with my voice."
Here are several pages from the most popular and controversial of her books, The Little Egg, who encounters families led by lesbian cats, gay penguins, interracial dogs, and single-mama hippos:
Lo Stampatello
— Hey, are you a family?
— Yes we are two moms with our kitten.
— Look how many snuggles that pussycat gets!
Lo Stampatello
Which Superhero Are You, Based On Your Zodiac Sign?
Posted by Unknown on Saturday, August 29, 2015
Are you more Spidey or Batman? Your star sign will reveal all!
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