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To find something, anything, a great truth or a lost pair of glasses, you must first believe there would be some advantage in finding it. I found something a long time ago, and have held on to it for grim death ever since. I owe my success in life to it; it put me where I am today. This principle: what you don’t know, won’t hurt you. They called it idealism in a book I read.
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~ Jack Burden
#AllTheKingsMen (2006) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
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Elijah Price: You know what the scariest thing is? To not know your place in this world. To not know why you’re here. That’s just an awful feeling.
David Dunn: What have you done?
Elijah Price: I almost gave up hope. There were so many times I questioned myself.
David Dunn: You killed all those people.
Elijah Price: But I found you. So many sacrifices, just to find you.
David Dunn: Jesus Christ…
Elijah Price: Now that we know who you are, I know who I am. I’m not a mistake! It all makes sense! In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain’s going to be? He’s the exact opposite of the hero. And most times they’re friends, like you and me! I should’ve known way back when. You know why, David? Because of the kids. They called me Mr Glass.
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#Unbreakable (2006) a.k.a. the prequel to #Split (2016) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching i❤mnightshyamalan
#rflxn: what grants you Courage?
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don’t have strength.”
#NapoleonBonaparte (at The Aerie)
#rflxn: may your Charity be more than numbers in reports…
“Charity is never so lovely as when one has lost consciousness that one is practicing charity. ‘You mean I helped you? I was enjoying myself. I was just doing my dance. It helped you, that’s wonderful. Congratulations to you. No credit to me’.”
#AnthonyDeMello (at The Aerie)
#Strava April #GranFondo (100km)
“No month is truly complete without a long ride. Complete this Challenge simply by riding at least 100km in one activity – as fast or slow as you like. Whether you ride for the badge or just ride for yourself, grab some friends and enjoy a big day out.” (Strava Challenge)
challenge accepted and completed! 😎 yey! my third strava badge! 😍 because i’m competitive and shallow. hahaha! 😂
#bumblebee 🚲
#AteneoBlueBikers #bigBLUEride
#WeekendWarrior #LongRide (at Daisy Road Guiwan, Zamboanga City)
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Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy… we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And fortunately when there aren’t any cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin… or a kind and loving gesture… or a subtle encouragement… or a loving embrace or an offer of comfort.
Not to mention hospital gurneys and nose plugs… and uneaten Danish… and soft-spoken secrets… and Fender Stratocasters… and maybe the occasional piece of fiction.
And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days, are, in fact, here for a much larger and nobler cause: They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange. But i also know that it just so happens to be true.
”
~ Karen Eiffel
#StrangerThanFiction (2006) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
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General Kajima: There are two Japanese words you should know. Tatemae, the way things appear. Honne, the way things really are. When you look at Japan, you see the most modern and westernised of Asian countries, but that is tatemae, the surface.
General Bonner Fellers: And honne?
General Kajima: It is the true heartbeat of my country, which is more than 2000 years old, it has nothing to do with the west. Japan runs on the ancient warrior code of loyalty and obedience.
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General Kajima: We did our duty, but we lost our humanity. You must understand, we Japanese are a selfless people capable of immense sacrifice because of our complete devotion to a set of ideas. We are also ruthless warriors capable of unspeakable crimes because of that same complete devotion. I cannot tell you if the Emperor is guilty or innocent. I don’t know if he brought us to war, but he has brought us to peace.
”
#Emperor (2012) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
#lunch with the hannahs 😎 #foodporn (at Mang Paeng’s Inasal)
“
Chas: Why did you try to kill yourself?
Ethel: Don’t press him right now.
Richie: I wrote a suicide note.
Chas: You did?
Richie: Yeah. Right after I regained consciousness.
Chas: Can we read it?
Richie: No.
Chas: Can you paraphrase it for us?
Richie: I don’t think so.
Chas: Is it dark?
Richie: Of course it’s dark, it’s a suicide note.
”
#TheRoyalTenenbaums (2001) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
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Grandmaster: A thousand lost souls for the fires of hell. A glorious day for the Church.
Behmen: You call this glorious? Murdering women and children?
Grandmaster: Know your place, knight. You pledged your life to the cause.
Behmen: For God. Not for this.
”
#SeasonOfTheWitch (2011) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
#rlfxn: what does your current reality reveal about you? :)
“Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him.”
#WayneDyer (at The Aerie)
#rflxn: who need your compassion and kindness today? how will you show it?
“Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t appreciate kindness and compassion.”
#DalaiLama #reissue (at The Aerie)
🎶
See the light as it shines on the sea? It’s blinding
But no one knows, how deep it goes
And it seems like it’s calling out to me, so come find me
And let me know, what’s beyond that line, will I cross that line?
🎶
after almost a year of being grounded, finally, a double dose of vitamin D! 🐬 13m/29min | 13.7m/34min
#scubadive
#DiveZamboanga
#bucketlist 54 [2/4 done] (at Varadero De Recodo, Inc. Zamboanga City)
did you know that there’s a flatliners 1990 version? 😎 watch that instead. the best thing about the 2017 version is… nina dobrev! hahaha! 😂
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Courtney: I’ve been searching for the region of the brain that is responsible for near-death experiences. Look, if the brain is just another organ, why doesn’t it just go dark and shut off at the moment of death? Why the floating? Why the white light? Why the sense of well-being. What is that experience? Is it chemical or just something else? What if we could actually document what happens to us after we die?
Sophia: What do you mean? Nothing happens. We’re dead
Courtney: What if we could prove otherwise?
”
#Flatliners (2017) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
i enjoyed “Inside Out”, maybe that’s why i love this 💙
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Hector: You’ve been a fugitive. You’ve been in prison for your beliefs, you’ve lost family and loved ones. I mean, you’ve just been through so much. How is it you’re so happy?
Old Monk: Because I’ve been through so much.
Hector: I mean, searching for happiness is one thing, but making it the goal, it just doesn’t work, does it?
Old Monk: Higher than that, Hector. More important than what we are searching for is what we are avoiding.
Hector: Like unhappiness. So, don’t make unhappiness *not* the goal?
Old Monk: Higher than that.
Hector: Avoiding unhappiness is *not* the road to happiness.
Old Monk: You hold all the cards, Hector.
[both laugh]
”
#HectorAndTheSearchForHappiness (2014) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
“
Old Monk: Would you like to come in?
Hector: Yes, please. ‘Cause I might not be around next week.
Old Monk: The moment of death is indeed uncertain. Come in.
”
“
Strange's patients–Balinoff and the others. I saw session footage– the reasons they came to Strange, they were in treatment. I almost missed it myself, but it can't be coincidence. Strange chose them. People wrestling with their childhoods. Fighting grief. Fear. Manipulating those around them–trapped by their own egos. Their faults. Four patients. Four monsters coming together to form something more. I know you better than anyone. The others might not see it, but I do. You said it yourself. Strange is a psychologist. These aren’t just monsters. They’re a statement. They’re his diagnosis… of Batman.
”
~ Nightwing
#Nightwing #Rebirth #6
#NightOfTheMonsterMen
#ComicCon
“
Strange’s sessions, what he saw in Batman… the grief… the fear… the manipulation… and ego. The final monster. He said it again and again. Strange’s take–his lens on Batman. In his mind, the biggest fault behind Batman is ego. And the ego that drives him… would come from a child. But Strange got it wrong. He read the book, but didn’t understand. All the monstrous faults he saw in Batman–they’re not faults. They’re fuel.
”
~ Nightwing
#DetectiveComics #Rebirth #942
#NightOfTheMonsterMen
#ComicCon
#rflxn: what inspires you to Work?
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”
#PabloPicasso #reissue (at The Aerie)
#Batman #DCUniverse #Rebirth #3
#iAmGotham
#ComicCon
#rflxn: what illusion do you need to drop?
“You don’t have to add anything in order to be happy; you’ve got to drop something. You’ve got to drop illusions. Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.”
#AnthonyDeMello
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What if my problem wasn’t that I don’t understand people but that I don’t like them? What if I was the kind of person who was obliged to hurt you for this? I mean physically. I think you’d have to believe afterward, if you could, that agreeing to participate and then backing out at the critical moment was a mistake. Because that’s what I’m telling you, as clearly as I can.
”
~ Louis Bloom
#Nightcrawler (2014) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
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Ghosts are real, this much I know. There are things that tied them to a place, very much like they do to us. Some remained tied to a bunch of land, a time and date, a spilling of blood, a terrible crime… There are others, others that hold on to an emotion, a grief, a lost, revenge, or love. Those, they never go away.
”
~ Edith Cushing
#CrimsonPeak (2015) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
“
There’s more to a bottle cap than keeping liquid from leaking out of glass. The main thing is: pay attention, pay attention to everything, everything you see. Notice what no one else notice, and you’ll see what no one else knows. What you get is what you get, what you do with what you get, that’s more the point.
”
~ Loris Harrow
#CityOfEmber (2008) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
#rflxn: how can you construct on criticism? :)
“The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.”
#NapoleonHill #reissue (at The Aerie)
“
You tried to do the noble thing, but there’s no such thing as noble.
”
~ Murphy
#TheCommuter (2018) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
“
You’re right, there’s no point trying to beat wisdom into a fool. You’ll only hurt your hand on a skull with that much bone in it.’
”
~ Alfar
#DavidWeber
#WarGods Book 3 #WindRidersOath
#BookWorm
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The fact that something’s the only choice someone has, doesn’t make it a good idea when he does it.
”
~ Brandark
#DavidWeber
#WarGods Book 3 #WindRidersOath
#BookWorm
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I’m afraid it truly is a matter of experience and the burned hand teaching best. The way parents discover the things their children shouldn’t do all too often turns out to be that they did the same things, made the same mistakes, they’re trying to prevent their children from repeating. It’s messy, and not a very organized way to go about things. Unfortunately, it seems to be the way that human beings’ minds are arranged.
”
~ Hanatha Bowmaster
#DavidWeber
#WarGods Book 3 #WindRidersOath
#BookWorm
“
I’ve spent so long in the darkness, I’d almost forgotten how beautiful the moonlight is.
Isn’t the view beautiful? It takes my breath away. Well, it would if I had any.
”
~ Emily, The Corpse Bride
#TheCorpseBride (2005) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching #Animated
“
Derice Bannock: Hey, Coach.
Irv: Yeah?
Derice Bannock: I have to ask you a question.
Irv: Sure.
Derice Bannock: But you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to. I mean, I want you to, but if you can’t, I understand.
Irv: You wanna know why I cheated, right?
Derice Bannock: Yes, I do.
Irv: That’s a fair question. It’s quite simple, really. I had to win. You see, Derice, I’d made winning my whole life. And when you make winning your whole life, you have to keep on winning, no matter what. You understand that?
Derice Bannock: No, I don’t understand. You won two gold medals. You had it all.
Irv: Derice, a gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you’re not enough without one, you’ll never be enough with one.
Derice Bannock: Hey, coach… how will I know if I’m enough?
Irv: When you cross that finish line tomorrow, you’ll know.
”
#CoolRunnings (1993) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
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Tellian: But I suppose that sort of ‘It couldn’t possibly happen to us’ thinking is what does let it happen, isn’t it?
Kaeritha: It’s certainly a part of it. But infections are always hard to see before they rise to the surface. One of a champion’s functions is to bring things to a head and clean the wound before it gets so bad that the only alternative is amputation.
”
#DavidWeber
#WarGods Book 3 #WindRidersOath
#BookWorm
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Tellian: While it would never do to criticize a god, it occurs to me that if I attempted to plan a campaign with as little information as He appears to have provided you, I’d fall flat on my arse.
Kaeritha: Champions do require a certain . . . agility. On the other hand, Milord, that’s usually because He’s careful to avoid leading us around by the hand. We need to be able to stand on our own two feet and if we started to rely on Him for explicit instructions on everything we’re supposed to be doing, how long would it be before we couldn’t accomplish anything without those instructions? He expects us to be bright enough to figure out our duty without His constant prompting.
”
#DavidWeber
#WarGods Book 3 #WindRidersOath
#BookWorm
“
Swords don’t accomplish much hanging on an armory wall.
”
~ Kaeritha
#DavidWeber
#WarGods Book 3 #WindRidersOath
#BookWorm
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Brandarl: As someone who once wanted to be a bard, I may regret the loss of all those glorious, ballad-inspiring episodes of mutual bloodletting and slaughter. As a historian, and someone who’s seen the bloodletting in question firsthand, I’d just as soon settle for the ballads we already have.
Leeana: It’s funny, isn’t it? All the songs and tales are full of high adventure, not what really happens in a war. And I’ve heard lots of songs about splendid victories and defiance even in defeat. But I don’t think I’ve ever heard even one where the side that lost ends up admitting that it’s better that they didn’t win.
”
#DavidWeber
#WarGods Book 3 #WindRidersOath
#BookWorm
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Bud Cooper: If you’ve been in this business as long as I have, you develop a nose for hanky-panky. It’s got this faint aroma, but this case it does not have that aroma.
Margaret: Oh, thank goodness for that.
Bud Cooper: No, this one stinks. I got to tell you, that kind of nonsense, it can haunt you down the road. If you killed her, I mean
”
#Suburbicon (2017) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
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There is a reason His Majesty has a Council, and you are a member of it. Is it not the function of a councilor to counsel? And who is more valuable? A councilor who offers his own wisdom, even when it may not be the most popular advice? Or one who will not disagree when he believes that other, more . . . expedient councilors are in error?
”
~ Garthan
#DavidWeber
#WarGods Book 3 #WindRidersOath
#BookWorm
#rflxn: freedom isn’t free; are you willing to pay the cost?
“People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.”
#AnthonyDeMello (at The Aerie)
“
And so it came. Over the next months as I fought to hold the city together, Gotham divided. Then fell. Into slaughter. Misery. Torture. Mayhem. Havoc. Betrayal. Devastation. Insanity. People think they understand me. Alfred, Gordon, the boys. All of Gotham, in its way. Even you. A man in pain, trying to save who he can. They think…but… they don’t understand…anything. They don’t know a thing about me. But you have to. Before. Before any of this. You have to know. What I did…what I had to do. During the War of Jokes and Riddles.
”
~ Bruce Wayne
#Batman #DCUniverse #Rebirth #25-32
#TheWarOfJokesAndRiddles
#ComicCon
#rflxn: how have you upheld your Values? 😏 (beyond ranting on facebook?)
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
#GeorgeOrwell (at The Aerie)
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All things that live in this world die. This is why you must find joy in the living while the time is yours and not fear the end. To deny this is to deny life; but to embrace it, can you embrace it? You are stronger than you think.
”
~ Titan
#iKillGiants (2018) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
“
A true ninja knows when to fight, and when to become one with the elements.
”
~ Master Wu
#theLEGOninjagoMovie (2017) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching #Animated
#lunch 😊 #foodporn
#TheWanderingsOfBatman 😈 (at Ninoy Aquino International Airport)
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Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes hollow.
”
~ Alan Turing
#TheImitationGame (2014) #MovieBuff #BingeWatching
#rflxn: what is causing the conflict? ;)
“Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.”
#CarlJung (at The Aerie)
#rflxn: how can you go beyond the Self?
“Hear this if you can: If you want to reach him, you have to go beyond yourself. And when you finally arrive at the land of absence… be silent. Don’t say a thing. Ecstasy, not words, is the language spoken there.”
#Rumi
a blessed easter 😇 (at The Aerie)
