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africanfashion: For those of you who criticize Janelle’s...

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:16:17 -0400

For those of you who criticize Janelle’s signature monochromatic look.

From her speech on “Black Girls Rock”:

“When I started my music career, I was a maid. I used to clean houses. My mother was a proud janitor. My stepfather, who raised me like his very own, worked at the post office and my father was a trashman. They all wore uniforms and that’s why I stand here today, in my black and white, and I wear my uniform to honor them.

This is a reminder that I have work to do. I have people to uplift. I have people to inspire. And today, I wear my uniform proudly as a Cover Girl. I want to be clear, young girls, I didn’t have to change who I was to become a Cover Girl. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.” - Janelle Monáe

Back in Windy City.

Sat, 04 May 2013 09:18:35 -0400

Back in Windy City.

"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad when..."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:21:43 -0400

““I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain, and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.””

- American Beauty

madewithover: Martin Luther King JR had a profound impact on...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:42:12 -0500

madewithover:

Martin Luther King JR had a profound impact on this world. We are deeply grateful for his contribution and leadership. Lets remember him today by sharing his wisdom, and ideas on a photo. Add the tag #MLKover

Huge thank you to Sam Lara for creating this.

"Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to..."

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:45:52 -0500

“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”

- Franz Kafka (via swimming-under-water)

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Thu, 27 Dec 2012 23:28:53 -0500

Happy Holidays !

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 02:13:16 -0500

Happy Holidays !

"…the only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough..."

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:09:19 -0500

“…the only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.”

- Ted Hughes

h/t Amber Rae
(via dustinhenderlong)

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves."

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:47:15 -0500

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.”

- Rilke

You don’t have to do it right. You just have to do something.

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:48:00 -0500

When we are presented with moments of crisis, large decisions or new opportunities often we find ourselves crippled by the lack of knowledge. We justify inaction with our insecurities in not knowing the right way to move forward. Or we trap ourselves in an endless search for knowledge to attempt to reassure our actions.

You don’t have to do it right. You just have to do something.

Here is the full story.

"I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the..."

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:52:10 -0500

“I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.”

- Barack Obama - Acceptance Speech 2012

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heyamberrae: This. Exactly. #factory0 (at Factory 0)

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:01:46 -0400

heyamberrae:

This. Exactly. #factory0 (at Factory 0)

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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where..."

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:14:44 -0400

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

just beautiful !

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:21:06 -0400

just beautiful !