he wore adidas shoes at the 1936 summer olympics *
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"i opened the book, picking a passage at random, and came across a tale about alexander the great. the emperor, as the story went, received as a gift some wondrous glass dishes. he liked the gifts very much, but smashed them all nonetheless. "why? are they not beautiful?" he was asked. "precisely because of that," he answered. "they are so beautiful that it would be hard for me to lose them. and with time they would break, one by one. and i would be sorrier than i am now."
the tale was naive but it still astonished me. its lesson was bitter: one should renounce everything he might ever begin to love, because loss and disappointment are inevitable. we must renounce love in order not to lose i…
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san francisco
reminds me of istanbul and its traffic. i'd rather live in istanbul though *
must-see places:
marshall beach
lands end
filbert steps
golden gate bridge
baker beach
sutro baths
crissy field
arsicault bakery
16th avenue tiled steps
b. patisserie
twin peaks image
palace of fine arts image image
dragon gate
saigon sandwich
marin headlands
oliveto cafe & restaurant
dolores park
bi-rite creamery
tartine bakery
dandelion chocolate
urban putt
taqueria el farolito
la ciccia
union square image image
saison
fisherman's wharf
ghirardelli square
san francisco premium outlets
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the office
one and only american tv show that made me laugh loudly. i was surprised when i saw my american friends watching it again and again. friends is way more popular than the office in turkey.
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mcdonald’s
one of the largest real estate holders in the world. it feeds 1% of the word's population every day.
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cheating
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fast food
eating it 4 times a week increases the risk of heart attack by 80%.
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hamburger
is derived from the city of hamburg/germany.
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airtag
apple's new tile killer. i wish it was wirelessly chargeable.
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youtube
most useful and educational social media platform if you are keen on exploring interesting stuff. comparing with other platforms, i still spend my most time on it. besides, it has the least negative effects on human psychology.
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1984
one of the must-read george orwell books to read. another one:
(see: animal farm)
some fav quotes:
--spoiler--
who controls the past controls the future.
who controls the present controls the past.
doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them:
war is peace.
freedom is slavery.
ignorance is strength.
big brother is watching you.
freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. if that is granted, all else follows.
we do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.
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tesla
might begin accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its cars. mock up
edit: it's official now. image
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italy
open-air museum. you feel like you are traveling throughout the history when you are in italy.
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beer
liquid bread. drink it from a glass. why you should drink beer from a glass
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benito mussolini
italian dictator who brought back order in italy using violence and his own private troops. his tyranny gorily ended like other dictatorships.
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swastika
main symbol of adolf hitler's nazi party. it is also used in asian religions.