ian ross
- Love is not selective, desire is selective. In love there are no strangers. When the centre of selfishness is no longer, all desires for pleasure and fear of pain cease; one is no longer interested in being happy; beyond happiness there is pure intensity, inexhaustible energy, the ecstasy of giving from a perennial source.
I am That
- band.
I would like to be paid like a plumber: I do the job and you pay me what it's worth. The record company will expect me to ask for a point or a point and a half. If we assume three million sales, that works out to 400,000 dollars or so. There's no fucking way I would ever take that much money. I wouldn't be able to sleep. - “And every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling, “This is important! And this is important! And this is important! You need to worry about this! And this! And this!” And each day, it’s up to you to yank your hand back, put it on your heart and say, “No. This is what’s important.”
from A quote by Iain S. Thomas
- you never learned how to dance at parties/weddings/clubs, you can teach yourself by watching videos of Motown and girl groups of the 60s. The songs are slow and the moves are simple enough to follow along to. You’ll get the rhythm and the basics down, then it’s easy to start embellishing with your own style. I identify as a good dancer, and I learn... See more
from 100 things i know via Maria Andrew on Substack
- Whenever you chicken out, you don't just feel the pain of cowardice; you miss out on the pleasure of courage.
from So You Wanna De-Bog Yourself by Adam Mastroianni
- One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
Jiddu Krishnamurtifrom Jiddu Krishnamurti - One is never afraid of the unknown;...
- Friendship is born at the moment when one person says to another: ‘What? You too? I thought I was the only one.’”—C. S. Lewis
on friendship.
- "I remember seeing the great Christopher Hitchens debate
He was already sick.
And it was clear by his appearance, as he said so well “more & more was being taken from less and less”
“How are you feeling?” - the host asked.
“well, I’m dying.” - He said - "But so too, are you"from ian hollander @ianhollander
A beautiful dance on broken glass.