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"Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:28:54 -0400

“Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.”

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (via ceedling)

diasporicdecay: pocketostars: ancientrelic: humansofnewyork: ...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:12 -0400

diasporicdecay:

pocketostars:

ancientrelic:

humansofnewyork:

“After this I go to work at a pizza shop. My wife and I were college professors in Bangladesh. I taught accounting. But one dollar in America becomes eighty dollars when we send it back home.”

People forget, when immigrants come to this country they start from scratch. They could have been lawyers in their home country, but in the US..it means nothing. You think a HS diploma from Bangladesh means anything in this country? My mom was a top student in the country, went to all the best school and got the best of everything…but when she got here it meant squat and she was cleaning other people’s homes and scrubbing their toilets. This is why I get pissed of when people talk smack about immigrants. They at least are doing something…..heading for a goal..making sacrifices…what are you doing with your life?

^ My parents were college-educated teachers in their home country and came to the U.S. with nothing but empty pockets, a dash of hope, and a belief in God. They also scrubbed toilets in people’s homes to make enough to provide for their children, and that’s probably not something a lot of educated professionals would be able to do. I know I wouldn’t be able to do it. Pride would get in the way.

THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT.

"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?"

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:06 -0400

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?”

- Ernest Hemingway (via illusionsvk)

"Ja ne vjerujem u statistiku, jer čovek s glavom u rerni i nogama u zamrzivaču statistički ima..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:36:50 -0400

“Ja ne vjerujem u statistiku, jer čovek s glavom u rerni i nogama u zamrzivaču statistički ima prosečnu temperaturu.”

- C. Bukowski (via dama-iz-fikcije)

humansofnewyork: “Do you remember the happiest moment of your...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:20:18 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“Do you remember the happiest moment of your life?”
“Yep. My 15th birthday.”
“What happened?”
“It was a month before my mom passed away. She pretended like she’d forgotten my birthday, and didn’t say anything to me all morning. I was so mad that day at school. But when I got home, she’d made this huge cake for me. I was so happy.”

humansofnewyork: “I grew up in this house. I was actually...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:19:58 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“I grew up in this house. I was actually standing right here when I first saw my husband. I was ten years old, and he came riding by on his bike, and I said: ‘I want to know that boy!’”
“Is he inside?”
“He passed away in 2000. But we had 37 good years together.”

other-wordly: pronunciation | “smUl-tron-‘stel-e

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:42:18 -0400

other-wordly:

pronunciation | “smUl-tron-‘stel-e

"no might make them angry but it will make you free."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:41:48 -0400

“no
might make them angry
but
it will make you free.”

- if no one has ever told you, your freedom is more important than their anger, nayyirah waheed (via nayyirahwaheed)

jyk: A bright video screen shows images of blue sky on...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:41:36 -0400

jyk:

A bright video screen shows images of blue sky on Tiananmen Square during a time of dangerous levels of air pollution, on January 23, 2013 in Beijing.

Photo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:41:02 -0400

humansofnewyork: “It was easier to meet people back in Mali....

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:11:02 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“It was easier to meet people back in Mali. People would speak to each other on the street. Here, people keep their distance. If you want to make a friend, you have to do it at the office or a club.”

"But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:20:01 -0400

“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”

- Daphne du Maurier (via larmoyante)