Ryan Gosling's New Movie Is An Educational Comedy For Grown-Ups

Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling in The Big Short. Paramount Pictures "Mortgage-backed securities, subprime loans, tranches — it’s pretty confusing, right?" slick-to-the-touch banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) asks in voiceover not far into The Big Short. "Does it make you feel bored? Or stupid? Well, it’s supposed to. Wall Street loves to use confusing terms to make you think...

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38 Gorgeous Quotes From Literature That Might Help You Cope With Your Depression

“Make not your thoughts your prisons.” ―William Shakespeare Submitted by moranae Thinkstock "If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying." —Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook Submitted by marianamoncadam "I shan't be lonely now. I was lonely; I was afraid. But the emptiness and the darkness are gone; when...

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21 Of The Most Beautiful Lines In Literature About Anxiety

“Think about someone getting hit in the face with bread… that visual takes my mind off anxiety.” — Grace Helbig —Kxxksrxsie ThinkStock 2. "It was one of the best days of my life, a day during which I lived my life and didn't think about my life at all." —Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safron Foer —nikig4 3. "I just think that some things are meant to be broken....

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12 Classic Poems, Rewritten About My Depression

Do not go gentle into that good night / You have so many unresolved issues, unanswered emails, and unavoidable social interactions to worry about instead Maritsa Patrinos / BuzzFeed Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I don't really care either way Can I get back into bed now (Robert Frost) Because I could not stop for Death...

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17 Beautiful Quotes From Novels In 2015 That'll Make You Wanna Curl Up With A Book

“You remain the hero in your own story even when you become the villain in somebody else’s.” — Anthony Marra, The Tzar of Love and Techno. Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale. Submitted by Melanie Krull, Facebook Pexels Connor Franta, Work in Progress. Submitted by Shabnam Mirzo, Facebook Pexels V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic. Submitted by Heather Pate Godwin, Facebook Pexels View...

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How This Writer Learned To Cope With His Stepbrother's Schizophrenia

Peter von Ziegesar / Via vimeo.com Peter von Ziegesar is a New York-based writer who published a memoir in May 2014 about eventually becoming the sole caretaker of his schizophrenic and homeless step-brother. “The Looking Glass Brother is a fairly realistic view of mental illness in the context of family and growing up,” von Ziegesar told BuzzFeed. “One of the things I was...

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