Diana here :) 19, currently studying Pre-med/Psychology at my dream school and true home, NYU <3 I'm a pretty random person and so this this is a pretty random blog, but I encourage you to take a look around, because life is about exploring, taking chances, and finding the most extraordinary things in the most unexpected of places :)

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wandertrust:

Love this so much omg

cosmicale:

yes

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jchelseaw:

lauriejuspeczyk:

221becquerel:

queenaglaia:

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silentknightley:

rookieoftheday:

Do you understand how scary this picture is

god forbid a real person do real person things he wasnt just a robot who killed people jesus fucking christ

uh yeah its not like he killed and tortured six million jews or anything

Hold on just a tick. Listen, I’m Jewish, so I’m perfectly capable of understanding that what he did was just…..well, there are no words for it. But let’s not round it up to simply Jews that got killed. It was six million people that died in those camps, not just Jews. Did you know that homosexuals were sent there, too? Yeah, I’m sure you did. They had to wear special little symbols on their clothes. Do you know what it was? It was a pink triangle.
It was six million PEOPLE.
But you let that roll over in your mind for a while and you are going to forever see this man as a monster, but that’s not what he was. He was someone who thought he was truly doing something right for his nation, no matter how shitty he was doing it. Believe me when I say that I don’t like him. I really don’t. My grandfather’s brothers died in those camps, and my grandfather escaped to Spain, then to Mexico. He was lucky.
This is not a monster holding hands with a little girl.
This is Adolf Hitler, a man, holding hands with a little girl.
Yeah. It’s fucking scary. It really is. Do you know why?
It’s because you’re seeing that he wasn’t, in fact, a monster. You’re seeing in this picture that he was a man. He was a man, and that’s really the saddest part of it all.

As a History major who specializes in the history of early modern Europe, I’ve studied a lot of dictators in detail, not just Hitler. The number one mistake anyone could ever make in history is making the assumption that only inhuman monsters are capable of doing terrible things. Stop dehumanizing Hitler just so you can reassure yourself that “normal” humans aren’t capable of doing bad things. Hitler liked children and dogs, he was a vegetarian and he cried like a little boy when his mother died. I’m not saying he was a good, innocent person, but when you stop attributing human characteristics to historical figures like Hitler, it’s how you overlook people just like him in real life, and it’s how people like him end up back in power.

That’s the real truth: Human Beings are scarier than any ‘monsters’ out there because we’re all born blank slates and BECOME our legacy.

This is the best post I’ve seen in a while.

malformalady:

Baby Starfish — Reproduction in starfish is external. Millions of eggs and sperm are ejected into the ocean where they mix and develop into larvae. The larvae are transparent and bilaterally-symmetrical. The tiny starfish are carried miles on the ocean currents for the next couple of months as they develop, swimming in the sea and eating phytoplankton. There is no back or front on a starfish and they don’t have to turn round to change direction. Starfish move around by using a complex hydraulic system involving hundreds of tiny tube feet instead of muscles.

thefluffingtonpost:

PHOTO OP: Too Cute. Can’t Stand It.
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Know where you stand.

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Neurolove.me: The 10 Commandments for a Good Life →

onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. I accept that I’m not perfect, and there’s no perfect time – Too many people are hanging around and waiting for the perfect opportunity – or the time when they are perfect and have all the skills they need. But life rewards effort; so get out there and work…

Hafiz (via perfect)
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Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.

Amy Efaw (via wryer)
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Just because you don’t say much doesn’t mean people don’t notice you. It’s actually the quiet ones who often draw the most attention. There’s this constant whirlwind of motion and sound all around, and then there’s the quiet one, the eye of the storm.

10 Traits that Lead to Success

onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. Independence

2. Self-confidence

3. Persistence

4. Creative thinking

5. Being thick skinned

6. Knowing who you are and what you want from life

7. Setting clear goals – and going after them

8. Staying focused

9. Optimism

10. Passion and a zest for life.

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