January 2010
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Jan 31st
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"Before I was shot,
I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there—I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life.  People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it’s the way things happen to you in life that’s unreal.  The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it’s like...
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Jan 24th
Ataraxia
is a Greek term used by Pyrrho and Epicurus for a lucid state, characterized by freedom from worry or any other preoccupation. For the Epicureans, ataraxia was synonymous with the only true happiness possible for a person. It signifies the state of robust tranquility that derives from eschewing faith in an afterlife, not fearing the gods because they are distant and unconcerned with us,...
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