Antar

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:15:15 GMT

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth. ”

— Pablo Picasso

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:10:47 GMT

That's what life is: repetitive routines. It's a matter of finding the balance between deviating from those patterns and knowing when to repeat them.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:46:36 GMT

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

Bob Dylan

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:57:09 GMT

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something."

Robert A. Heinlein - 1974

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:49:35 GMT

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

- Nietzsche

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:20:08 GMT

He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.

- Nietzsche

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:02:39 GMT

I can see what you see not
Vision milky then eyes rot.

When you turn they will be gone,
Whispering their hidden song.

Then you see what can not be,
Shadows move where light should be.

Out of darkness,
Out of mind,

Cast down into the halls of the blind!

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:25:17 GMT

"I really don't think this is the time to be making new enemies."
— Voltaire on his deathbed, after being asked by a preist to renounce Satan

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:52:50 GMT

By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward

Михаил Александрович Бакунин - 1871

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:40:18 GMT

"In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."

1949
Orson Welles

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:18:44 GMT

"Never do an enemy a small injury."

"He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss."

~1505
Niccolò Machiavelli

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:42:18 GMT

“Start out to where you want to go and when you get there — stop”

Mad Hatter

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:56:41 GMT

"The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light."

Stanley Kubrick

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 21:10:41 GMT

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius."

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

UIS

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:21:28 GMT

"I foresee a universal information system (UIS), which will give everyone access at any given moment to the contents of any book that has ever been published or any magazine or any fact. The UIS will have individual miniature-computer terminals, central control points for the flood of information, and communication channels incorporating thousands of artificial communications from satellites, cables, and laser lines. Even the partial realization of the UIS will profoundly affect every person, his leisure activities, and his intellectual and artistic development. …But the true historic role of the UIS will be to break down the barriers to the exchange of information among countries and people."

Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров
August 24, 1974

B5

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:45:30 GMT

“Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone...the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.”

“People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.”

“Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.”

J. Michael Straczynski

The Brick Island

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 16:18:33 GMT

To whoever is interested, blood is still flowing through my viens. Psychological stability acceptable.

Moveing up an elevator covered in the smell of youthfull indiscretions and old plastic. Button for the 8'floor broken, thank god i am in 9. Greeted by an empty corridor and a kitchen that could not have been more sterile and empty.

The aura is that of many many many peoples lives have passed through these narrow tightly sealed by firedoor halls and no chlorid substance was able to wipe away that human essence stored over what seemed to be decades.

Walk up to number 920, insert key, pull. Again an empty cold room with the window open. Maybe its just my inner feeling reflected in everything i see. Yes probably, the light warms up the room a little. The only foreign object that stands out are two copies of the bible laying on the shelves. The first one is perfect the second has "Satan is Alive" written on the first page, retraced multiple times by an irradic pen.

British people i meet are polite and freindly... no honesty, playing the role of how they should be, instead of who they really are.

I feel alone.

Half a bottle of Portwine rectifies this. Even a glimplse of truth can be witnessed in the eyes of the brit. Still.... more luck with "auslanders" they are in the same positions as I.

No ruskies in sight, maybe they fled, maybe i should take out the soviet flag and wave it around campus a bit. If situation does not improve.... it shall be done.

The search continues, may god have mercy on us all.

Hail Satan

PS: Food is still shit...

Tonut ne rekomendujetsa...

Sat, 09 Jul 2005 17:54:23 GMT

Woobsheto bit spasatelem ne tak ush i legho... wo perwich mi ne prosto sidim i leniwo smotrim w gorizont poprowlaja ochki i igrajas so swistkom. Dela obstojat gorazdo serjoznej.

Eto tolko so storoni kajetsa chto mi polnije raspizdaji... na samom to deli mi raspizdaji s welichaishoj widerjkoj, ili ktoto is was mojet klada ruku na serdze poklastsa chto on etot prozess smojet prodoljat 8 chasov pod solnzom smotra na radostnich kupatilej kotorije zaplativ 500 rublej dumajut chto im wso mojno i pri etom samomu ne zasipaja ?

Ja probiwal raznije experimenti, i teper gordo mogu wam soobshit chto ja nauchilsa welikolepnim iskustvom spat s otrkitami glazami (long live sunglasses) w otnositelno so storoni bodroj poze.

Prawda nachalstwo uvi ne tupoje i wse eti fishki uje dawno znajet. Mogu wam skazat chto uvidet ne brituju roju swojego chefa s kowarnoj nachmilokj pered swoim nosom posle miloj siesti silno podbodrajet.

Woobsheto ja im grozilsa mestju tak kak podpolnij sabotor iz menja wpolne adequatnij, naprimer ja wserjos zadumiwaju poweset tablichku s nadpisju: "Tonut w obed ne rekomendujetsa" tak kak na samom dele ne odnogo spasatela na plaje net w eto wremja, nu razwe chto tak inogda odnim glazom izredko podgladiwajem radi prelichija.

A nashot wozwrata k wam i dewushek ja lutshe kak istenij gentlemen promolchu :)

Far Far Away...

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:40:21 GMT

Kakto neuklujo poluchilos... ja won w dalokich krajach a lichno ne kowo ne predupredil.

Popitajemsa nemnogo otmazatsa.

W odin prekrasnij moment opiumobraznija wena menja w primom smisle *** i ja sbejal na mesaz w "rodina nr.2" kakbi malo kowo predupredil reshil poprashatsa po angliskij, ne lublu kogda kuchu emozij wpichiwajut w odnu minutu. Tak wot etot mesaz kakbi plawno prewratilsa w dwa i na danij moment mojo prebitije doljne osushestwitsa gdeto w nachale awgusta.

Shas ja nahojus w milom gorodke po immeni Sochi, rabotaju spasatelem w aquaparke hotja doljen priznatsa eto u menja ne ochen horosho poluchajetsa osobeno kogda more holodnoje i ja pju chashechku kofe i wtikaju w astralnij muzon. Kstati spasibo kelas... tvoi muzon i dalnij gorizont plohaja kombinazija dla utopajushich neudachnikov.

Izwenajus za latin i mnogochislenich oshibok... obeshaju chto budu medleno sebja isprawlat.

Speltini, mini biografiji i nowosti peshiti na moi mail, wi smojite eto sdelat cheres vanov.com budu tolko rad ot was wsech uslishat.

Pri jelanij mojno i pozwonit 9181064477 neznaj kak tam s +7 itd itp... koroche razberotes pri jelanij.

Wso, wsem udachi...

PS: Kel... prijejaj... tut horosho...

The Essence of Life

Sat, 06 Sep 2003 00:39:26 GMT

I believe that one day of a person reflects the person's whole life. Just like birth, we wake up every morning and it takes long for us to get ready to do our job and once started, dusk comes to let us know it's time for sleep like death while feeling we have had a lack of time to complete our job. A day seems to me like a miniature of a whole life. Controlling a day's plan is easier than decades of plans. I believe every day will form my ultimate goal.

Bruce Lee

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:53:07 GMT

1. The Heart
In a confrontation, one must desire to win;
When under pressure, one must maintain calm.

Famous quotation from Bruce Lee:
" No matter what you want to do, don't be nervous
(you should not let your muscles nor your mind be effected by nerves).
Just keep calm.
No illusion and no imagination,
but to apprehend the actual situation you are in and find a way to deal with it.
No excessive action is needed. Just keep your body and mind relaxed
to deal with the outside emergency."

2. The Eyes
The eyes should be able to pick up as much information as possible prior to and during engaging the physical struggle. Watching the elbows and the knees is essential to get the best result.
Also at no time, should the practitioner blink or turn his head because he would give away the most important instrument which supplies him the visual information of the current situation.

I would like to conclude by saying that speed and power comes from relaxation and co-ordination which has everything to do with mind and body balance. From "The Bruce Lee Story" by Linda Lee and Tom Bleecker:

The following is Bruce's recollection of one of many training experiences with Professor Yip Man:

"About four years of hard training in the art of gung fu, I began to understand and felt the principle of gentleness - the art of neutralizing the effect of the opponent's effort and minimizing expenditure of one's energy. All these must be done in calmness and without striving. It sounded simple, but in actual application it was difficult. The moment I engaged in combat with an opponent, my mind was completely perturbed and unstable. Especially after a series of exchanging blows and kicks, all my theory of gentleness was gone. My only one thought left was somehow or another I must beat him and win.

My instructor Professor Yip Man, head of the Wing Chun School, would come up to me and say, "Loong (Bruce's Chinese name), relax and calm your mind. Forget about yourself and follow the opponent's movement. Let your mind, the basic reality, do the counter-movement without any interfering deliberation. Above all, learn the art of detachment."

That was it! I must relax. However, right there I had already done something contradictory, against my will. That was when I said I must relax, the demand for effort in "must" was already inconsistent with the effortless in "relax". When my acute self-consciousness grew to what the psychologists called "double-blind" type, my instructor would again approach me and say, "Loong, preserve yourself by following the natural bends of things and don't interfere. Remember never to assert yourself against nature: never be in frontal opposition to any problem, but control it by swinging with it. Don't practice this week. Go home and think about it."

Ahhh....War

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 18:09:15 GMT

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...."
- Major-General John Sedgwick, 9 may 1864.
Killed by a sniper during the battle of Spotsylvania.

One of the serious problems in planning the fight against American doctrine, is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine...
- From a Soviet Junior Lt.s Notebook

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, and a lot of bitching."
-Unknown-

"Diplomacy --- the art of saying `Nice doggie' 'til you can find a stick."
- Wynn Catlin

"We are outnumbered, there is only one thing to do. We must attack!"
- Admiral Andrew Cunningham, 11 November 1940.
Before attacking the Italian fleet at Taranto

"Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats."
- Josephus Daniels

"It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general."
- Ferdinand Foch

"I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink."
- Admiral William Halsey

"Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give mundane duties. The smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart and lazy ones I make my commanders."

- Attributed to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, on how he selects officers for staff and command.

Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:32:54 GMT

When someone says something good about me, I cannot believe them, because my own self-hatred prevents me from believing them.

When someone says something bad about me, I get angry because they're just confirming what I already believe to be true.

But worst of all is when people say nothing, because then my imagination kicks in, and that's when I'm really hard on myself...