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About last night… What started as a simple hook-up with a charming 🇬🇧 guy visiting Tokyo for the first time turned into something unexpectedly unforgettable. I wasn’t planning to film—just wanted to feel him raw, deep, and real—but halfway through, I looked back at him and whispered if he'd...

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𝔼𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℙ𝕦𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕖

283,073 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

The last time I saw my grandfather, Izu, was in 2003. He was dying of lung cancer in Venezuela. He was a larger than life man from the Kingdom of Romania who was orphaned at 10 years old, came to Venezuela, and built his entire life from scratch. I was at playing football at the Columbia University when my father called and said, "Look, I know you're really busy with school and sports and all that, but if you ever want to see him again, this is the time." So I talked to my coaches and worked things out and I flew down to Caracas with my father. If you know Venezuelan history, in 1998, Hugo Chavez, the dictator, became president. And the Constitution was clear you could run for only one five-year term. So in 2003, his term was up, but as an autocrat, he was not going to take that lying down. So what does he do? He packs the Supreme court with a bunch of his buddies and petitions for reconsideration.Constitution is clear, you can't run again." So what does he do? He packs the supreme Court with a bunch of his buddies and petitions for reconsideration. The new Supreme Court told him that not only could he run again, he could run as many times as he wanted to. He ruled until 2013 when he died of cancer. After the ruling, there were mass protests which happened to coincide with when I was visiting my grandfather. My grandfather, who was down to roughly 85 pounds and confined to a wheelchair, asked me to wheel him outside onto the balcony and set up the chessboard so we could play one last time. As a little boy, he had taught me how to play chess. I set up the pieces. He couldn't lift his arm enough to move them, so I was moving them for him. He said to me, "Your father tells me you want to go to law school." And I said, "I do." And he said, "Where do you want to go to law school?" So I said, "I want to go to Yale, but I don't know if I'll get in." And then he said, "Well, what kind of lawyer are you gonna be?" And I said, "I really don't know, I'm just in college, I mostly just care about football, you know?" And he looked at me and he had watery eyes at that moment, and he picked up his very bony finger, which took a great deal of effort, and he pointed out at the crowd below and said, "Always remember, this is what happens to a country when good people don't serve it." And so when I got the call to serve as a federal judge, it was a no-brainer. This country welcomed us with open arms when we had nothing and gave us everything we have today. It's the honor of a lifetime to be able to serve, and I'm grateful for it every single day.
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The last time I saw my grandfather, Izu, was in 2003. He was dying of lung cancer in Venezuela. He was a larger than life man from the Kingdom of Romania who was orphaned at 10 years old, came to Venezuela, and built his entire life from scratch. I was at playing football at the Columbia University when my father called and said, "Look, I know you're really busy with school and sports and all that, but if you ever want to see him again, this is the time." So I talked to my coaches and worked things out and I flew down to Caracas with my father. If you know Venezuelan history, in 1998, Hugo Chavez, the dictator, became president. And the Constitution was clear you could run for only one five-year term. So in 2003, his term was up, but as an autocrat, he was not going to take that lying down. So what does he do? He packs the Supreme court with a bunch of his buddies and petitions for reconsideration.Constitution is clear, you can't run again." So what does he do? He packs the supreme Court with a bunch of his buddies and petitions for reconsideration. The new Supreme Court told him that not only could he run again, he could run as many times as he wanted to. He ruled until 2013 when he died of cancer. After the ruling, there were mass protests which happened to coincide with when I was visiting my grandfather. My grandfather, who was down to roughly 85 pounds and confined to a wheelchair, asked me to wheel him outside onto the balcony and set up the chessboard so we could play one last time. As a little boy, he had taught me how to play chess. I set up the pieces. He couldn't lift his arm enough to move them, so I was moving them for him. He said to me, "Your father tells me you want to go to law school." And I said, "I do." And he said, "Where do you want to go to law school?" So I said, "I want to go to Yale, but I don't know if I'll get in." And then he said, "Well, what kind of lawyer are you gonna be?" And I said, "I really don't know, I'm just in college, I mostly just care about football, you know?" And he looked at me and he had watery eyes at that moment, and he picked up his very bony finger, which took a great deal of effort, and he pointed out at the crowd below and said, "Always remember, this is what happens to a country when good people don't serve it." And so when I got the call to serve as a federal judge, it was a no-brainer. This country welcomed us with open arms when we had nothing and gave us everything we have today. It's the honor of a lifetime to be able to serve, and I'm grateful for it every single day.

Roy K. Altman

83,775 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Selena Gomez says meeting an 8-year-old boy with lupus made her understand why she went through her own illness "One story that will forever be in my mind to the day I die was this young boy. He was 8 years old and he was in the hospital. He had lupus and he was waiting to get diagnosed and also for a transplant. I had experienced both" "When I walked into the room, he kept looking down and he was very nervous. So I kept asking the mother, 'Is it okay that I'm here? Should I maybe just step out?' And they insisted that he'd like me to stay" "So I just kind of talked about the surroundings and tried to make him feel comfortable and didn't get in his space" "And all of a sudden, as I'm rambling on about the drawings on the wall, he just looks down and says, 'Is it true that you have lupus too?'" "And I looked at him and I said, 'Yes.' And it was the first time that he looked up and he finally acknowledged me" "I remember thinking, 'That's really powerful.' That's something I register in my mind as that's why I went through it. So I don't look back and feel, 'How miserable, and I can't believe I had to go through that'" "I look back and say, 'All right, now how can I be there for someone else? What's going to happen to someone who feels the same way?'"
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Selena Gomez says meeting an 8-year-old boy with lupus made her understand why she went through her own illness "One story that will forever be in my mind to the day I die was this young boy. He was 8 years old and he was in the hospital. He had lupus and he was waiting to get diagnosed and also for a transplant. I had experienced both" "When I walked into the room, he kept looking down and he was very nervous. So I kept asking the mother, 'Is it okay that I'm here? Should I maybe just step out?' And they insisted that he'd like me to stay" "So I just kind of talked about the surroundings and tried to make him feel comfortable and didn't get in his space" "And all of a sudden, as I'm rambling on about the drawings on the wall, he just looks down and says, 'Is it true that you have lupus too?'" "And I looked at him and I said, 'Yes.' And it was the first time that he looked up and he finally acknowledged me" "I remember thinking, 'That's really powerful.' That's something I register in my mind as that's why I went through it. So I don't look back and feel, 'How miserable, and I can't believe I had to go through that'" "I look back and say, 'All right, now how can I be there for someone else? What's going to happen to someone who feels the same way?'"

sara

44,734 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

It's with a heavy heart that I share these sad news. Today I lost my friend Raphael Lamim. We've been living 5 minutes from each other for 15 years and he was the only dude in this town more obsessed about retro games than me. You might recognize him from a couple of videos we did together. But he also produced and engineered the recordings of my band's first album during the entirety of 2013 and some more. We were together in studio almost daily for 6-10 hours a day during this period. And every minute was insanely fun. Back when I was just a kid yelling into a mic, he chose to believe in me, barely charging for the studio sessions. He was the first who encouraged me (not to say demanded) that I sang with more grit and aggressiveness. He pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me better. I remember this time during the recordings that I had this bad breakup with a girl. I called Lamim and he said "Bro, just come over to the studio." It was the middle of the night. When I got there he said "You're gonna sing all your sadness and anger into that mic and we're only leaving when it's all out." We recorded and talked, and when I couldn't sing anymore we drove to a 24h McDonald's, got back and played Diablo 3 until the sun started to shine through the windows. He taught me how to fix the vertical lines of my Gameboy screen. And he taught me how to replace the old capacitors on my NES's motherboard. We were recently talking about him helping me to build an arcade machine, but we'll have to postpone that. I'll never forget him and I'll treasure what we created together forever. Até breve, mano.
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It's with a heavy heart that I share these sad news. Today I lost my friend Raphael Lamim. We've been living 5 minutes from each other for 15 years and he was the only dude in this town more obsessed about retro games than me. You might recognize him from a couple of videos we did together. But he also produced and engineered the recordings of my band's first album during the entirety of 2013 and some more. We were together in studio almost daily for 6-10 hours a day during this period. And every minute was insanely fun. Back when I was just a kid yelling into a mic, he chose to believe in me, barely charging for the studio sessions. He was the first who encouraged me (not to say demanded) that I sang with more grit and aggressiveness. He pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me better. I remember this time during the recordings that I had this bad breakup with a girl. I called Lamim and he said "Bro, just come over to the studio." It was the middle of the night. When I got there he said "You're gonna sing all your sadness and anger into that mic and we're only leaving when it's all out." We recorded and talked, and when I couldn't sing anymore we drove to a 24h McDonald's, got back and played Diablo 3 until the sun started to shine through the windows. He taught me how to fix the vertical lines of my Gameboy screen. And he taught me how to replace the old capacitors on my NES's motherboard. We were recently talking about him helping me to build an arcade machine, but we'll have to postpone that. I'll never forget him and I'll treasure what we created together forever. Até breve, mano.

Dan Vasc

62,405 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

🚨 KHALEEL AHMED Cooked All the Haters of ROHIT SHARMA 🚨 Kaleel Said - I feel Rohit Sharma should play for the next 10 years for the good of Indian cricket and that's my personal feeling. When in 2019, we were playing a series against Bangladesh in Rajkot, once I didn't have a great day and only got one wicket, so he came to me and spoke to me personally in the dressing room. The team was leaving the stadium and he stayed back to have a one on one with me and told me how I should be. He told me that I am unaware of my own capabilities. When we were getting out of the stadium, all the fans were screaming for Rohit bhai and he told me that 'all of this should happen for you too' and that I should wish that for myself and stay positive. A captain like him, talking to me like that after the match, made me wonder how kind a person he was. I've seen him do the same thing with Rishabh. 'What a man! What a captain!' I would say. People don't even look at you when you have a bad match but as a captain he is something else. Recently I met him at the CoE during the Duleep Trophy and he looked very fit so I asked him to stay like that and keep playing. I have hardly seen such a captain and person in my life, he is a gem and I have a lot of respect and love for him. Respect is Earned not Begged 🫡🔥 Rohit Sharma is coming to rule the IPL and world cup too. No one even thought to stop him as soon as he is preparing himself to play it 🧡🔥.
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🚨 KHALEEL AHMED Cooked All the Haters of ROHIT SHARMA 🚨 Kaleel Said - I feel Rohit Sharma should play for the next 10 years for the good of Indian cricket and that's my personal feeling. When in 2019, we were playing a series against Bangladesh in Rajkot, once I didn't have a great day and only got one wicket, so he came to me and spoke to me personally in the dressing room. The team was leaving the stadium and he stayed back to have a one on one with me and told me how I should be. He told me that I am unaware of my own capabilities. When we were getting out of the stadium, all the fans were screaming for Rohit bhai and he told me that 'all of this should happen for you too' and that I should wish that for myself and stay positive. A captain like him, talking to me like that after the match, made me wonder how kind a person he was. I've seen him do the same thing with Rishabh. 'What a man! What a captain!' I would say. People don't even look at you when you have a bad match but as a captain he is something else. Recently I met him at the CoE during the Duleep Trophy and he looked very fit so I asked him to stay like that and keep playing. I have hardly seen such a captain and person in my life, he is a gem and I have a lot of respect and love for him. Respect is Earned not Begged 🫡🔥 Rohit Sharma is coming to rule the IPL and world cup too. No one even thought to stop him as soon as he is preparing himself to play it 🧡🔥.

Cricketplusmeme 🇮🇳🚩

13,706 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

WILLIAMEST PRESSTOUR #WilliamEstFanconPressTour #Flex1045xWilliamEstFANCON 🎤: was there ever a moment when you were deeply touched by something he did but never told him? 🦈: actually, i can think of two things: one work-related and one personal. on the personal side, ever since we first met during songkran last year, i was out partying, right? and i went to sleep at his place. at the time, he couldn’t go out yet cause he wasn’t of age. but like, it was 3 a.m. and he still came down to pick me up even though he had already gone to sleep. and we had just met. i felt really touched. 🎸: at the time we went out together and i wasn’t old enough to go party, so i just went to some place that kids could go in during the day. then i went home to sleep and phi went out partying. 🦈: yes and i didn’t just stay for one night. i stayed like three nights, didn’t even book a hotel, just stayed at nong place. 🎸: and my eyes were like 😵‍💫 🦈: i started to feel bad. do you know what i did in return? 🤣 🎤: what did you do? 🎸: no, because i had to go downstairs, press the elevator, do a bunch of stuff, so i had to wake up. i went down to pick him up and he was just sitting there on the floor 🤣 🎤: sitting on the floor waiting? 🎸: yes, just sitting and resting there, waiting for me to come down. so we went back up. help him upstairs. not that i helped him up, he could walk by himself 🤣 then i went to bed and from my room, if the door wasn’t fully closed, you could see the sink. i’m the type who eats and washes dishes later. 🎤: you soak them first so they’re easier to clean later? 🎸: yes and then i saw him standing there at 3 a.m. doing the dishes 😭 🎤: washing dishes at 3 a.m.? 🎸: yes 😭 i was like, why did he do that? like it was fine, seriously. it wasn’t a big deal. but maybe he felt a bit guilty or something. but for me, i literally set an alarm, like, “okay, he’ll probably be back around this time,” so i set it and went down to get him. 🎤: maybe that was his version of saying thank you, right? 🦈: yes and the thing is, he never even told me that he saw me! like, i knew he’d probably fallen asleep or something, so i left the door cracked open because the lights were off just in case he could see. and yeah, turns out he did see. but he only told me months later, like way after songkran. 🎤: so he only just revealed now that he saw you washing the dishes? 🦈: i only found out because he teased me later, like, “you’ll end up washing dishes again soon” 🤣 that was how he teased. and back then i genuinely felt a bit bad, so i just wanted to do something to give back a little. and looking back, it’s so funny. 🦈: and then in thamepo, there was literally a dishwashing scene, so i joked like, “guess i can’t escape doing dishes for real.” 🤣
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WILLIAMEST PRESSTOUR #WilliamEstFanconPressTour #Flex1045xWilliamEstFANCON 🎤: was there ever a moment when you were deeply touched by something he did but never told him? 🦈: actually, i can think of two things: one work-related and one personal. on the personal side, ever since we first met during songkran last year, i was out partying, right? and i went to sleep at his place. at the time, he couldn’t go out yet cause he wasn’t of age. but like, it was 3 a.m. and he still came down to pick me up even though he had already gone to sleep. and we had just met. i felt really touched. 🎸: at the time we went out together and i wasn’t old enough to go party, so i just went to some place that kids could go in during the day. then i went home to sleep and phi went out partying. 🦈: yes and i didn’t just stay for one night. i stayed like three nights, didn’t even book a hotel, just stayed at nong place. 🎸: and my eyes were like 😵‍💫 🦈: i started to feel bad. do you know what i did in return? 🤣 🎤: what did you do? 🎸: no, because i had to go downstairs, press the elevator, do a bunch of stuff, so i had to wake up. i went down to pick him up and he was just sitting there on the floor 🤣 🎤: sitting on the floor waiting? 🎸: yes, just sitting and resting there, waiting for me to come down. so we went back up. help him upstairs. not that i helped him up, he could walk by himself 🤣 then i went to bed and from my room, if the door wasn’t fully closed, you could see the sink. i’m the type who eats and washes dishes later. 🎤: you soak them first so they’re easier to clean later? 🎸: yes and then i saw him standing there at 3 a.m. doing the dishes 😭 🎤: washing dishes at 3 a.m.? 🎸: yes 😭 i was like, why did he do that? like it was fine, seriously. it wasn’t a big deal. but maybe he felt a bit guilty or something. but for me, i literally set an alarm, like, “okay, he’ll probably be back around this time,” so i set it and went down to get him. 🎤: maybe that was his version of saying thank you, right? 🦈: yes and the thing is, he never even told me that he saw me! like, i knew he’d probably fallen asleep or something, so i left the door cracked open because the lights were off just in case he could see. and yeah, turns out he did see. but he only told me months later, like way after songkran. 🎤: so he only just revealed now that he saw you washing the dishes? 🦈: i only found out because he teased me later, like, “you’ll end up washing dishes again soon” 🤣 that was how he teased. and back then i genuinely felt a bit bad, so i just wanted to do something to give back a little. and looking back, it’s so funny. 🦈: and then in thamepo, there was literally a dishwashing scene, so i joked like, “guess i can’t escape doing dishes for real.” 🤣

𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑎 ◡̈

73,933 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Tim Cook on the final piece of advice Steve Jobs gave him before handing over Apple: Cook recalls being called to Jobs' house, where Jobs told him he wanted him to be the next CEO. Cook pushed back at first. "He called me over to his house. He told me he wanted me to be the CEO. And I debated with him a little bit. Are you sure you don't want to be CEO anymore?" But Jobs had made up his mind. And he gave Cook one piece of advice that would shape how he led Apple: "His advice to me was never ask what I would do. Just do the right thing." Jobs had a specific reason for saying this. Cook explains: "He told me the story behind this. He was very close to Disney as you know his history. He had watched Disney go through this paralysis of sitting around and talking about what Walt would do. And he did not want that for Apple." Jobs had thought deeply about the handover. He wanted something Apple had never experienced before: "He wanted a professional transition at CEO because Apple had never had one before. And he had thought about it, as you would guess, at a very deep level." Tim Cook closes with how he views the role he inherited: "I see it as a privilege. Overall, it is a privilege."
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Tim Cook on the final piece of advice Steve Jobs gave him before handing over Apple: Cook recalls being called to Jobs' house, where Jobs told him he wanted him to be the next CEO. Cook pushed back at first. "He called me over to his house. He told me he wanted me to be the CEO. And I debated with him a little bit. Are you sure you don't want to be CEO anymore?" But Jobs had made up his mind. And he gave Cook one piece of advice that would shape how he led Apple: "His advice to me was never ask what I would do. Just do the right thing." Jobs had a specific reason for saying this. Cook explains: "He told me the story behind this. He was very close to Disney as you know his history. He had watched Disney go through this paralysis of sitting around and talking about what Walt would do. And he did not want that for Apple." Jobs had thought deeply about the handover. He wanted something Apple had never experienced before: "He wanted a professional transition at CEO because Apple had never had one before. And he had thought about it, as you would guess, at a very deep level." Tim Cook closes with how he views the role he inherited: "I see it as a privilege. Overall, it is a privilege."

Big Brain Business

347,204 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

Had the most strange night in a LONG time. At midnight, my ring cameras go off at the shop with deputies all over the property... I have no idea what is happening, and it gets insane from there. Moral of the story? You cannot be kind to people any more. A former employee reached out a week ago and asked if his girlfriend (who is like a daughter to me) and his 2 year old daughter could stay with us for a few days. I told him we didn't have room at the house currently, BUT she was welcome to stay in my RV at my shop until we could find her a place. I would make sure she was safe, and taken care of. This young man has been like family since he was 13. I taught him to weld. I have given him vehicles, employed him multiple times, etc. Tried my best to talk him out of the stupid stuff he does. Just petty crimes, fighting, evading police, etc. I have tried for years to get him to just straighten up and be the man I know he could be. Day before yesterday, he tells me he has a warrant out for his arrest and I tell him he cannot stay there with her. I can't have him staying there and getting me involved with whatever shit he had going on. She is welcome to stay, but he can't be there. He lost his mind and called me all sorts of things as he stomped out. Well, last night he decided he was staying there regardless, and when she wouldn't unlock the door, he decided to put his fist through the glass. Drugs destroy people, man. This young man had so much potential and I have tried and tried to get him clean and get him to a good life... Now, we all suffer, and I have to get his girlfriend and little girl away from him before he kills them. Just insane.
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Had the most strange night in a LONG time. At midnight, my ring cameras go off at the shop with deputies all over the property... I have no idea what is happening, and it gets insane from there. Moral of the story? You cannot be kind to people any more. A former employee reached out a week ago and asked if his girlfriend (who is like a daughter to me) and his 2 year old daughter could stay with us for a few days. I told him we didn't have room at the house currently, BUT she was welcome to stay in my RV at my shop until we could find her a place. I would make sure she was safe, and taken care of. This young man has been like family since he was 13. I taught him to weld. I have given him vehicles, employed him multiple times, etc. Tried my best to talk him out of the stupid stuff he does. Just petty crimes, fighting, evading police, etc. I have tried for years to get him to just straighten up and be the man I know he could be. Day before yesterday, he tells me he has a warrant out for his arrest and I tell him he cannot stay there with her. I can't have him staying there and getting me involved with whatever shit he had going on. She is welcome to stay, but he can't be there. He lost his mind and called me all sorts of things as he stomped out. Well, last night he decided he was staying there regardless, and when she wouldn't unlock the door, he decided to put his fist through the glass. Drugs destroy people, man. This young man had so much potential and I have tried and tried to get him clean and get him to a good life... Now, we all suffer, and I have to get his girlfriend and little girl away from him before he kills them. Just insane.

🍊🍊Capt'n Cornjuice🥃🥃

30,927 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

ian talking about seonghwa in his recent live🥹🤍🫶 “you know,when i met seonghwa,i could immediately tell he had such a gentle soul. for me,at that time, it felt like something was troubling him,like i could feel some type of sadness as well, somewhat embedded in there. and ill be honest,im a very spiritual person and i feel energy. i just relate to people, so i immediately knew that i wanted to just somehow soothe his soul and really listen to him,and just talk to him. but there were a lot other people around where he couldn't really,really, really express himself. i just know deep down he's going to be such an amazing artist. he told me he puts ateez,his team first and foremost,like he's such a giver. he puts other people's concerns and other people's efforts into account and obviously hearing him talk,it gives me a lot of understanding of what type of person he is. he's a real person when it comes to not being apologetic in a point of expressing his art. so i wanted to say, he will always be somebody that im truly inspired by and it was such a lovely and wholesome,warm meeting. i just wanted to comfort him so much”
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ian talking about seonghwa in his recent live🥹🤍🫶 “you know,when i met seonghwa,i could immediately tell he had such a gentle soul. for me,at that time, it felt like something was troubling him,like i could feel some type of sadness as well, somewhat embedded in there. and ill be honest,im a very spiritual person and i feel energy. i just relate to people, so i immediately knew that i wanted to just somehow soothe his soul and really listen to him,and just talk to him. but there were a lot other people around where he couldn't really,really, really express himself. i just know deep down he's going to be such an amazing artist. he told me he puts ateez,his team first and foremost,like he's such a giver. he puts other people's concerns and other people's efforts into account and obviously hearing him talk,it gives me a lot of understanding of what type of person he is. he's a real person when it comes to not being apologetic in a point of expressing his art. so i wanted to say, he will always be somebody that im truly inspired by and it was such a lovely and wholesome,warm meeting. i just wanted to comfort him so much”

𝔞𝔯𝔬🕷️ 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔞𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫

291,744 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten

I was born in Venezuela. My family came here with nothing and we knew no one. But my parents always taught me that in America, you could be and do anything, so long as you worked hard and treated people with respect. When I was in college, I was playing football and my grandfather—who fled Europe during the Holocaust—was dying of cancer. My father called and said, “If you want to see him again, this is your last chance.” So, we flew down to Caracas, and it happened to coincide with a momentous event in Venezuelan history. Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, and the Constitution said he could run for only one five-year term. So, in 2003, like any self-respecting dictator, he petitioned the Supreme Court to run again. And to their credit, the judges ruled he could not. So, what is a self-respecting autocrat to do? He packed the Supreme Court with his buddies and petitioned for reconsideration. This time the Court said, “Not only did we get it wrong, not only can you run again, you can run as many times as you like, until the day that you die.” And that's what he did. He was president until 2013 when he died. After that decision came down, Venezuelans took to the streets to protest and that coincided with my last trip to see my grandfather. During my visit, my grandfather asked me to take him out on the balcony so we could play chess one last time. He had taught me how to play as a little boy. People were protesting on the streets below. He said to me, “Your father tells me you want to go to law school.” I said I did. He asked, “What kind of lawyer are you going to become?” I said I didn’t know. Then he gathered all the strength that he had, and he lifted his bony finger out at the crowd and he said, “Always remember, this is what happens to a country when good people don't serve.” And so, when I was 34 and the president intended to nominate me to be a federal judge, which is a lifetime appointment, people said, “You're crazy. You got your whole life ahead of you to make money for your family.” But for me, the opportunity to serve this great country was a no-brainer. And what you should know is this country is very much worth serving.
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I was born in Venezuela. My family came here with nothing and we knew no one. But my parents always taught me that in America, you could be and do anything, so long as you worked hard and treated people with respect. When I was in college, I was playing football and my grandfather—who fled Europe during the Holocaust—was dying of cancer. My father called and said, “If you want to see him again, this is your last chance.” So, we flew down to Caracas, and it happened to coincide with a momentous event in Venezuelan history. Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, and the Constitution said he could run for only one five-year term. So, in 2003, like any self-respecting dictator, he petitioned the Supreme Court to run again. And to their credit, the judges ruled he could not. So, what is a self-respecting autocrat to do? He packed the Supreme Court with his buddies and petitioned for reconsideration. This time the Court said, “Not only did we get it wrong, not only can you run again, you can run as many times as you like, until the day that you die.” And that's what he did. He was president until 2013 when he died. After that decision came down, Venezuelans took to the streets to protest and that coincided with my last trip to see my grandfather. During my visit, my grandfather asked me to take him out on the balcony so we could play chess one last time. He had taught me how to play as a little boy. People were protesting on the streets below. He said to me, “Your father tells me you want to go to law school.” I said I did. He asked, “What kind of lawyer are you going to become?” I said I didn’t know. Then he gathered all the strength that he had, and he lifted his bony finger out at the crowd and he said, “Always remember, this is what happens to a country when good people don't serve.” And so, when I was 34 and the president intended to nominate me to be a federal judge, which is a lifetime appointment, people said, “You're crazy. You got your whole life ahead of you to make money for your family.” But for me, the opportunity to serve this great country was a no-brainer. And what you should know is this country is very much worth serving.

Roy K. Altman

238,750 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

The Game opens up about surviving getting sh0t five times and spending nearly a month in a coma. He says he was robbed at the dope house at midnight after all the sales had stopped while he was playing Madden. He heard a knock on the door, he opened it to a scrawny kid, two more dudes came behind him and he was fighting for his life. He was sh0t in the chest, stomach, leg, and arm before crawling to the bathroom to call 911. He adds that after he woke up, he had to learn how to walk again and had a realization hit to go to church and change his life. “I was playing madden late night and we had rules in the dope house that after midnight all sales cease. I heard a knock on the door i looked at the time it was like 12:30. Nobody else was in the dope spot but me, when there’s alot of guys in the dope house every knock on the door is the other person turn, till it gets back to you, that how everybody makes even money. I was like what’s one more knock on the door , i looked through the peep hole it was this scrawny little kid that always come, soon as i opened the the door for him to more dudes came behind him and then i was in the fight for my life. It felt like it happened in 20 seconds, i ran immediately to the table to get my g-n, he got to it before me, so we ended up rolling on the ground for what felt like a lifetime. His homie couldn’t sh00t me because we were rolling. So he just fired it, it went through my chest, my stomach, through my leg, and arm. I thought my life was over. I crawled down the hallway to the bathroom, i lifted myself up by my elbows, i pulled my tank top and bl00d splattered. I call 911 myself. Next thing i woke up my aunt was like you’ve been here for a minute. I went to my grandma’s house, i had to learn how to walk again, i said soon as i get out this bed im going to church, change my life”
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The Game opens up about surviving getting sh0t five times and spending nearly a month in a coma. He says he was robbed at the dope house at midnight after all the sales had stopped while he was playing Madden. He heard a knock on the door, he opened it to a scrawny kid, two more dudes came behind him and he was fighting for his life. He was sh0t in the chest, stomach, leg, and arm before crawling to the bathroom to call 911. He adds that after he woke up, he had to learn how to walk again and had a realization hit to go to church and change his life. “I was playing madden late night and we had rules in the dope house that after midnight all sales cease. I heard a knock on the door i looked at the time it was like 12:30. Nobody else was in the dope spot but me, when there’s alot of guys in the dope house every knock on the door is the other person turn, till it gets back to you, that how everybody makes even money. I was like what’s one more knock on the door , i looked through the peep hole it was this scrawny little kid that always come, soon as i opened the the door for him to more dudes came behind him and then i was in the fight for my life. It felt like it happened in 20 seconds, i ran immediately to the table to get my g-n, he got to it before me, so we ended up rolling on the ground for what felt like a lifetime. His homie couldn’t sh00t me because we were rolling. So he just fired it, it went through my chest, my stomach, through my leg, and arm. I thought my life was over. I crawled down the hallway to the bathroom, i lifted myself up by my elbows, i pulled my tank top and bl00d splattered. I call 911 myself. Next thing i woke up my aunt was like you’ve been here for a minute. I went to my grandma’s house, i had to learn how to walk again, i said soon as i get out this bed im going to church, change my life”

Heron

459,133 Aufrufe • vor 21 Tagen

Shaq is back with us. I’m not meant to have favorites but he has always been one of mine. The hardest part is making the right decisions for the dogs on an ongoing basis… 🏀 We fixed him initially and it took 2 months and 3 operations. Hardly any vets would take on the operation and it was a case of nearly losing him. 🌴 He recovered well. I used to love spending time with him as we had such a deep bond during his recovery at Happy Doggo 🐕 Shaq was not suitable for adoption. He’s a street dog through and through. He was a bad around other other dogs and quite old. I thought long and hard about his options 🏡 We found him his safe place to live. Some locals would look out for him and he was in no danger. He had shelter, regular food and 2 other friends he knew. Shaq loved it there. 💊 I would call down to him every month with his meds and for a check up with some sausages. He has been doing great. ☔️ Recently with very damp weather and humid temperatures a lot of dogs have been getting skin issues. Shaq has some of the worst I’ve seen despite being ok 2 weeks ago when I last saw him. 🦠 Shaq has a bacterial and fungal infection. 🧑🏽‍⚕️ We’ve brought him in for a 2 week stay to get it all fixed up and all his blood work and other little bits fixed. It’s like a spa break for him. People were messaging me asking if I was angry he ended up like this. Not at all. Shaq is a street dog who has a great life but he just needs some medicines and care now. Just like any pet or other dog we look after. I always told Shaq we’d look after him no matter what so it’s nice to have him back for a little bit of pampering.
1:09

Shaq is back with us. I’m not meant to have favorites but he has always been one of mine. The hardest part is making the right decisions for the dogs on an ongoing basis… 🏀 We fixed him initially and it took 2 months and 3 operations. Hardly any vets would take on the operation and it was a case of nearly losing him. 🌴 He recovered well. I used to love spending time with him as we had such a deep bond during his recovery at Happy Doggo 🐕 Shaq was not suitable for adoption. He’s a street dog through and through. He was a bad around other other dogs and quite old. I thought long and hard about his options 🏡 We found him his safe place to live. Some locals would look out for him and he was in no danger. He had shelter, regular food and 2 other friends he knew. Shaq loved it there. 💊 I would call down to him every month with his meds and for a check up with some sausages. He has been doing great. ☔️ Recently with very damp weather and humid temperatures a lot of dogs have been getting skin issues. Shaq has some of the worst I’ve seen despite being ok 2 weeks ago when I last saw him. 🦠 Shaq has a bacterial and fungal infection. 🧑🏽‍⚕️ We’ve brought him in for a 2 week stay to get it all fixed up and all his blood work and other little bits fixed. It’s like a spa break for him. People were messaging me asking if I was angry he ended up like this. Not at all. Shaq is a street dog who has a great life but he just needs some medicines and care now. Just like any pet or other dog we look after. I always told Shaq we’d look after him no matter what so it’s nice to have him back for a little bit of pampering.

Niall Harbison

352,633 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Coppola had to fight to cast Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather. At the time, the studio saw Brando as “box office poison.” What finally sold them was his legendary screen test, where he transformed into the Don right in front of their eyes. Coppola explains: "I remember in one meeting, I was told by the then president of Paramount - "As president of Paramount Pictures, I am telling you that Marlon Brando will not appear in this motion picture." So I continued talking and arguing, and finally, they agreed to let me discuss the idea of Marlon Brando being in the movie if I honored three stipulations. A - he would do a screen test. B - he would do the film for free. (he would get a back-end deal) And C - he would put up a bond so that if any of his shenanigans or any trouble came from him being on the set, that it would guarantee the losses. So I said, - "Okay, I accept” - What could I do? I accepted these three things from Marlon. So I then called up Marlon Brando and suggested, "Maybe it’d be nice if I did like a little makeup test or something? I could come over your house." - he said to me, "All right."… We got to his house very early, and we set up our little lights. And I had brought a bunch of provolone cheese and a little Italian cigars and little props just to kind of put around - sure enough, he wakes up, and he comes out of his bedroom; and he's this great-looking, I don't know, he must have been 47, and in a Japanese robe. He looked very impressive, and I looked at him with this ponytail and I'm like, "God, how's he ever going to play a mafia chieftain?"… And he walked on. He put on a jacket, and he started mumbling - I remember, he went through great effort to bend the tip of his collar - he said, "So, like, there's a time guys always have the collar bent like that." And he picked up a cigar, and he started to gesture with it and use it as a prop, and he nibbled on a little bit of provolone cheese - and he rolled up the ponytail, and he kind of pinned it up, and he took some shoe polish, and he darkened it, and while he's doing this, we're photographing… He took some tissue paper, and he said, "He should have the face of a bulldog."...He stuffed the tissue paper in his jaw, and then he said, "Well, if he's shot in the throat, he ought to have to talk like that a little bit." It really was a transformation of this nice looking young man with a blonde ponytail, into this kind of mafia guy… I took it to New York, and I went to Mr. Bluthorn's office (head of Paramount Pictures), and I said, "Oh, Charlie, Charlie, I want to show you something." - I flick the video, and sure enough, there's Marlon Brando coming out in a robe with a blonde ponytail, and he looks, and he says, "Never! Marlon Brando, never! Never!" And as he's doing that, he's watching Brando turn himself into this guy, and Charlie just looks astounded, and he says, "That's incredible! That's incredible!" And once he was sold on the idea that Marlon could do it on his authority, they allowed us to do it."
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Coppola had to fight to cast Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone in The Godfather. At the time, the studio saw Brando as “box office poison.” What finally sold them was his legendary screen test, where he transformed into the Don right in front of their eyes. Coppola explains: "I remember in one meeting, I was told by the then president of Paramount - "As president of Paramount Pictures, I am telling you that Marlon Brando will not appear in this motion picture." So I continued talking and arguing, and finally, they agreed to let me discuss the idea of Marlon Brando being in the movie if I honored three stipulations. A - he would do a screen test. B - he would do the film for free. (he would get a back-end deal) And C - he would put up a bond so that if any of his shenanigans or any trouble came from him being on the set, that it would guarantee the losses. So I said, - "Okay, I accept” - What could I do? I accepted these three things from Marlon. So I then called up Marlon Brando and suggested, "Maybe it’d be nice if I did like a little makeup test or something? I could come over your house." - he said to me, "All right."… We got to his house very early, and we set up our little lights. And I had brought a bunch of provolone cheese and a little Italian cigars and little props just to kind of put around - sure enough, he wakes up, and he comes out of his bedroom; and he's this great-looking, I don't know, he must have been 47, and in a Japanese robe. He looked very impressive, and I looked at him with this ponytail and I'm like, "God, how's he ever going to play a mafia chieftain?"… And he walked on. He put on a jacket, and he started mumbling - I remember, he went through great effort to bend the tip of his collar - he said, "So, like, there's a time guys always have the collar bent like that." And he picked up a cigar, and he started to gesture with it and use it as a prop, and he nibbled on a little bit of provolone cheese - and he rolled up the ponytail, and he kind of pinned it up, and he took some shoe polish, and he darkened it, and while he's doing this, we're photographing… He took some tissue paper, and he said, "He should have the face of a bulldog."...He stuffed the tissue paper in his jaw, and then he said, "Well, if he's shot in the throat, he ought to have to talk like that a little bit." It really was a transformation of this nice looking young man with a blonde ponytail, into this kind of mafia guy… I took it to New York, and I went to Mr. Bluthorn's office (head of Paramount Pictures), and I said, "Oh, Charlie, Charlie, I want to show you something." - I flick the video, and sure enough, there's Marlon Brando coming out in a robe with a blonde ponytail, and he looks, and he says, "Never! Marlon Brando, never! Never!" And as he's doing that, he's watching Brando turn himself into this guy, and Charlie just looks astounded, and he says, "That's incredible! That's incredible!" And once he was sold on the idea that Marlon could do it on his authority, they allowed us to do it."

Gangster Cinema Central

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