"The American Dream is not the promise of wealth but the freedom to pursue it; a dream I fear we’ve turned into an entitlement nightmare."
— Self.
tom, 26, viciously alive and curious.
Ask me anything
September 8, 2011
August 22, 2011
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers."
— William S. Burroughs
May 13, 2011
The American Dream.
From a discussion with my mom regarding a shark tank episode:
Me: This guy really wants to chase the American Dream. Mom: There isn’t much of one left. Me: A dream is only as big as you make it; as real as how hard you chase it.
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The war had barely begun, the summer of 1846, when a writer, Henry David Thoreau, who lived in Concord, Massachusetts, refused to pay his...
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The Impossible Project is sending me a pack of film!
I’m so excited! I may have to start looking for an SX-70 to compliment my other Polaroids.
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“Whatever happened to “Hey, I have some apples, would you like to buy them?” “Yes, thank you!” That’s as complicated as it should be to open a...”
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So far, Atlas Shrugged is a fantastic book but omg I can’t handle the way Ayn Rand writes about sexual relationships.
Too much “owning” and...
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“There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.”
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Children need freedom
Foster will, cultivate autonomy:
Children need wild, unlimited hours, but this time is in short supply for many, who are...
