May 2013
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A village in India plants 111 trees every time a... →
deafmuslimpunx:
While in some parts of India, many expectant parents still say they’d prefer bearing sons, members of the Piplantri village, in the western state of Rajasthan, are breaking this trend by celebrating the birth of each baby girl in way that benefits everyone. For every female child that’s born, the community gathers to plant 111 fruit trees in her honor in the village common.
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April 2013
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“Don’t settle. Don’t finish crappy books. If you don’t like the menu, leave the...”
– Chris Brogan (via jesussbabymomma)
“Eating is not a logical game. Eating is an emotional game, an intuitive and...”
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“It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world....”
– L.R.Knost (via housewitch)
A private prison company gave thousands of dollars... →
stfuconservatives:
Surely a coincidence.
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“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I...”
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March 2013
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“Poems have their own fates, like children. You have only to give birth to them.”
– Andrei Voznesensky (via theparisreview)
“Writing is a concentrated form of thinking.”
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