Filosofia
- Language: The Cultural Tool, By Daniel L. Everett
Daniel Everett is a linguist who is best known for his studies of the language of the Pirahã people of the Amazon basin. His new book, Language: The Cultural Tool (Profile Books, £14.99),explores his theory that language isn't...
- Trezentas E Sessenta E Duas Certezinhas
Introdução à falta de classe: atender o telefone à mesa. Falta de classe: atender o telefone à mesa e falar alto. Falta de classe, nível premium: atender o telefone à mesa, falar alto, revelar coisas muito pessoais à frente de um público desconhecido....
- This Vicious Vicious Circle
http://pinterest.com/pin/101136242/ You call, I don't answer. I reach to you, you don't open your arms. You ask for the truth, I change the subject. I send you a song, you don't listen. You make me pancakes, I don't eat them. I buy...
- I Belong To You... And You, You Belong To Me Too...
Dear Sofia, At first, they are nice. They make you eat with their own spoon. They call you everyday. They can't breathe without you. They talk to you until dawn. They give you their hand at the movies. They prefer your food to their mother's....
- Would That Make You Love Me - Robin Thicke
If I wasnt who I was If I wasnt me Would u stand next 2 me in the street If I changed my hair Would u then be proud If I ran round town with a different crowd Would u be my baby If I had more money Would that make u love me more Would that make u love...
Filosofia
For Amy, from Russell Brand
"When you love someone who suffers from the disease of addiction you await the phone call. There will be a phone call. The sincere hope is that the call will be from the addict themselves, telling you they’ve had enough, that they’re ready to stop, ready to try something new. Of course though, you fear the other call, the sad nocturnal chime from a friend or relative telling you it’s too late, she’s gone.
Frustratingly it’s not a call you can ever make it must be received. It is impossible to intervene."
"I was myself at that time barely out of rehab and was thirstily seeking less complicated women so I barely reflected on the now glaringly obvious fact that Winehouse and I shared an affliction, the disease of addiction. All addicts, regardless of the substance or their social status share a consistent and obvious symptom; they’re not quite present when you talk to them."
"Now Amy Winehouse is dead, like many others whose unnecessary deaths have been retrospectively romanticised, at 27 years old. Whether this tragedy was preventable or not is now irrelevant. It is not preventable today. We have lost a beautiful and talented woman to this disease. Not all addicts have Amy’s incredible talent. Or Kurt’s or Jimi’s or Janis’s, some people just get the affliction. All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as a disease that will kill. We need to review the way society treats addicts, not as criminals but as sick people in need of care. We need to look at the way our government funds rehabilitation. It is cheaper to rehabilitate an addict than to send them to prison, so criminalisation doesn’t even make economic sense. Not all of us know someone with the incredible talent that Amy had but we all know drunks and junkies and they all need help and the help is out there. All they have to do is pick up the phone and make the call. Or not. Either way, there will be a phone call."
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- Language: The Cultural Tool, By Daniel L. Everett
Daniel Everett is a linguist who is best known for his studies of the language of the Pirahã people of the Amazon basin. His new book, Language: The Cultural Tool (Profile Books, £14.99),explores his theory that language isn't...
- Trezentas E Sessenta E Duas Certezinhas
Introdução à falta de classe: atender o telefone à mesa. Falta de classe: atender o telefone à mesa e falar alto. Falta de classe, nível premium: atender o telefone à mesa, falar alto, revelar coisas muito pessoais à frente de um público desconhecido....
- This Vicious Vicious Circle
http://pinterest.com/pin/101136242/ You call, I don't answer. I reach to you, you don't open your arms. You ask for the truth, I change the subject. I send you a song, you don't listen. You make me pancakes, I don't eat them. I buy...
- I Belong To You... And You, You Belong To Me Too...
Dear Sofia, At first, they are nice. They make you eat with their own spoon. They call you everyday. They can't breathe without you. They talk to you until dawn. They give you their hand at the movies. They prefer your food to their mother's....
- Would That Make You Love Me - Robin Thicke
If I wasnt who I was If I wasnt me Would u stand next 2 me in the street If I changed my hair Would u then be proud If I ran round town with a different crowd Would u be my baby If I had more money Would that make u love me more Would that make u love...