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Quoteswag. “Sometimes you meet someone, and it’s so clear that the two of you, on some level belong together. As lovers, or as friends, or as family, or as something entirely different. You just work, whether you understand one another or you’re in love or you’re partners in crime. You meet these people throughout your life, out of nowhere, under the strangest circumstances, and they help you feel alive. I don’t know if that makes me believe in coincidence, or fate, or sheer blind luck, but it definitely makes me believe in something.”

—Unknown. Facebook. Photo by demiandineyazhi. America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we ne. 252255239_534d83ea92.jpg (500×324) Incredible Anarchist Street Art. Famous Quotes are Paired with Clever Illustrations. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based illustrator Tang Yau Hoong has just released a brand new series where he pairs one of his older illustrations with a famous quote. A few years ago, we discovered Hoong and we quickly became fans after we saw his ability to cleverly incorporate negative space into many of his works. As he told us then, "I enjoy making illusion art because it has the ability to mislead us. We rely on sight in our lives and yet it is so fragile that we could easily be deceived by what we see.

" In one of our favorite new prints, Hoong takes one of Steve Jobs' famous quotes, "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" and illustrates it by putting two half eaten apples next to each other. Within the negative space, one can subtly make out Steve Jobs' silhouette. As he tells us, "Most of them are old illustrations that I redrew to match the style I was looking for and the meaning of the corresponding quote.

You can pick up these prints over at Hoong's shop. Oatmealfull.jpg (1500×1184) Native American Society. Breakfast at Hunter S. Thompson’s | Decadent Lifestyle. 11 Stephen Hawking Quotes for His 71st Birthday. When Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at age 21, doctors thought he'd only survive a few more years. But the theoretical physicist defied the odds: Hawking turns 71 today. Here are 11 quotes from the Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge and author of A Brief History of Time. Happy birthday, professor!

1. On His Schooling: "At school, I was never more than about halfway up the class. From the lecture "My Brief History," 2010. 2. "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. From Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking, 2010. 3. “I wouldn’t compare it to sex, but it lasts longer.” From a lecture at Arizona State University, April 2011. 4. "If you are disabled, it is probably not your fault, but it is no good blaming the world or expecting it to take pity on you. From "Handicapped People and Science," Science Digest 92, No. 9, September 1984. 5. Buddha Shaped Pears from China. Chinese farmer Hao Xianzhang has perfected the process of growing pears inside Buddha shaped plastic molds. Each pear shaped like Buddha costs around 50 yuan ($7.32 USD). Also check out: Miniature Food and National Flags Made of Food.

21 Most Beautiful Nature Photos On Stumbleupon. These are the 21 most beautiful nature photos on Stumbleupon. Stumbleupon is big society where you can spend all your day and all you life with smile on your face. On that site you can find lots of things, like photos, animals, home stuff and many more, nature photos like these one below. These nature photos are really beautiful and very amazing and that is the proof just how much our Earth is beautiful place. SURRENDER TO THE GIANT : a newspaper blackout poem by Austin Kleon. Highschool1.jpg (387×500) To the Republicans who said they would move to Australia if Obama won...

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