Because really, Smashing Pumpkins songs were larger than life and Billy Corgan was not. And he knows it. And the years burn. He never conveyed the political or ethical gravitas of Bono or Eddie Vedder, never was as beautiful and doomed as Kurt Cobain, never stood for musical and technological progress like Thom Yorke. And even if the derision he earned in indie rock was based on outmoded ideals of authenticity, the hatred was real.
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— Ian Cohen, music writer at Pitchfork.com. Best summary ever of Billy Corgan and his place in the early 90’s grunge/alt rock scene. (via jonnyskov) True, very true, but Billy Corgan was on the Bozo Show… |
Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment. and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
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| — | Thich Nhat Hanh (via yogachocolatelove) |
The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.
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Steven Furtick (via yogachocolatelove) SO TRUE! |
If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know that they are safe. If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible things, help another to better understand. If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another.
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| — | Dalai Lama (via yogachocolatelove) |
Because you are alive, everything is possible.
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| — | Thich Nhat Hanh Living Buddha, Living Christ (via buddhistintraining) |
If you know something hurtful and not true, don’t say it.
If you know something hurtful and true, don’t say it.
If you know something helpful but not true, don’t say it.
If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.
If you know something hurtful and true, don’t say it.
If you know something helpful but not true, don’t say it.
If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.
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Buddha (via yogachocolatelove) Excellent advice. |
