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After REPEATED attacks from Senator Rand Paul, Senator Markwayne Mullin finally stopped him cold with a BRUTAL truth bomb: “Sir, I get it. It’s about character assassination for you. That’s the way this game is played.” PAUL: “Do you think fighting as a resolution for political difference is a... good example for the men and women of ICE and Border Patrol?” MULLIN: “As you can notice over my shoulder, here is my good friend Sean O’Brien. Both of us have had conversations. Both of us have shaken hands, and both of us agreed we could have done things different.” “Sean is someone that has become a close friend. We talk all the time. I’ve been on his podcast. We’ve talked through this. That’s how you handle your differences. Not like this chairman.” PAUL: “I’m glad you guys are friends now and that you’ve reconciled. But really, it doesn’t get to the real point, whether or not you think violence is the way we settle things.” “In the days after the fight you said, and I quote, sometimes people just need to be punched in the face.” “Is that still your opinion that political disputes can sometimes and often only be resolved by violence?” MULLIN: “No, I don’t I don’t always agree with that. I don’t believe in political violence. I’ve made that very clear. But sometimes people do need…” PAUL: “Unless it’s perpetrated on me.” That’s when Mullin fired back. MULLIN: “Sir, I get it. It’s about character assassination for you.” “That’s the way this game is played. I understand it, and you are making this about you, which is fine, but that doesn’t keep me as Secretary of Homeland Security.”show more

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SETTLING THE SCORE: Senator Markwayne Mullin sets the record straight while addressing the viral 2023 ‘fight’ between him and Teamsters president Sean O'Brien, pushing back on Senator Rand Paul's claims about his tempter. SEN. RAND PAUL: "Do you think fighting as a resolution for political differences is a good example for the men and women of ICE and Border Patrol?" SEN. MULLIN: "Both of us have had conversations. Both of us have shaken hands and both agreed we could have done things different. Sean is someone that has become a close friend. We talk all the time. I've been on his podcast. We talked through this. That's how you handle your differences not like this, Chairman."

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RAND PAUL: Do you think fighting as a resolution for political differences is a good example for ICE and CBP? MARKWAYNE MULLIN: As you can notice over my shoulder is my good friend Sean O'Brien. Both of us have shaken hands. Both agree with could've done things different. That's how you handle your differences. Not like this, chairman.

RAND PAUL: Do you think fighting as a resolution for political differences is a good example for ICE and CBP? MARKWAYNE MULLIN: As you can notice over my shoulder is my good friend Sean O'Brien. Both of us have shaken hands. Both agree with could've done things different. That's how you handle your differences. Not like this, chairman.

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NEW: Senator Markwayne Mullin calls out Senator Rand Paul for repeated attacks against him at his confirmation hearing to become the next Secretary of Homeland Security. "I get it. It's about character assassination for you. That's the way this game is played. I understand it."

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🚨 JUST IN — MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I get it. It's about character assassination for you! That's the way this game is played. You are making this about you, that's fine. RAND PAUL: It's character assassination when you were the one lauding the assault? Who do you think started the character assassination? I'm just repeating what you have done. That's what I started? MULLIN: No. I'm saying you're adding a lot to it.

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Eric Daugherty

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Andrew Dukowitz

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Benny Johnson

148,414 views • 5 months ago

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin just clapped back at Rand Paul after he called Mullin a "liar" "If I have something to say, I'll say it directly to your face...seems like you FIGHT Republicans more than you work with us!" "For you to say I'm a liar? That's NOT accurate. And I got PROOF, you spent millions of dollars in my campaigns against me." "If you recall back in your back in my House days we actually did have this conversation because remarks that I've made." "You were in a room, I simply addressed that I said I could understand because of the behavior you were having that I could understand why your neighbor by the neighbor did what he did." "As Secretary of Homeland I'll be protecting everybody including Kentucky as much as I will my own back yard in Oklahoma." "It's bigger than the partisan bickering that we have. It's bigger than the political differences we have. The truth is I have a job to do and I don't like to fail at anything at all."

🚨 HOLY SMOKES. DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin just clapped back at Rand Paul after he called Mullin a "liar" "If I have something to say, I'll say it directly to your face...seems like you FIGHT Republicans more than you work with us!" "For you to say I'm a liar? That's NOT accurate. And I got PROOF, you spent millions of dollars in my campaigns against me." "If you recall back in your back in my House days we actually did have this conversation because remarks that I've made." "You were in a room, I simply addressed that I said I could understand because of the behavior you were having that I could understand why your neighbor by the neighbor did what he did." "As Secretary of Homeland I'll be protecting everybody including Kentucky as much as I will my own back yard in Oklahoma." "It's bigger than the partisan bickering that we have. It's bigger than the political differences we have. The truth is I have a job to do and I don't like to fail at anything at all."

Eric Daugherty

773,757 views • 3 months ago

Degrees don’t secure this country, warriors do. As a Navy SEAL, a LEO, and a guy who’s worked with Homeland Security, I can tell you nobody cares about a piece of paper when evil shows up and it’s time to go hands-on. I’ve been there, and the only thing that matters in that moment is whether you can fight, lead, and win. Markwayne Mullin is a fighter, and the men standing in the gap are fired up about it, because we don’t need more resumes in Washington, we need pipe hitters who get the job done.

Degrees don’t secure this country, warriors do. As a Navy SEAL, a LEO, and a guy who’s worked with Homeland Security, I can tell you nobody cares about a piece of paper when evil shows up and it’s time to go hands-on. I’ve been there, and the only thing that matters in that moment is whether you can fight, lead, and win. Markwayne Mullin is a fighter, and the men standing in the gap are fired up about it, because we don’t need more resumes in Washington, we need pipe hitters who get the job done.

Jared Hudson

21,562 views • 3 months ago

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I get it. It's about character assassination for you. You're making this about you RAND PAUL: It's 'character assassination' when you were the one lauding the assault?!

MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I get it. It's about character assassination for you. You're making this about you RAND PAUL: It's 'character assassination' when you were the one lauding the assault?!

Aaron Rupar

86,828 views • 3 months ago

🐨 Honestly, I’m still scared. I want to act strong, like, I don’t give a sh—, I don’t give a f—, I don’t care about anything. What can you even do to me, huh? Huh! Huh! But I’m not like that. I’m still really weak, really anxious, and I get hurt a lot. Even now, when I see malicious comments, it’s hard for me sometimes I don’t want to deny that part of myself. This is what I fight my way through. Because 10 years ago, the same things were there. The same things existed, but what’s different now is that I know you actually exist. I’ve come to understand that a little better That’s the only thing that’s really changed Of course, we’re doing better now and receiving more love. But if there’s one thing that’s definitely different, it’s that I believe in your existence. And yet, sometimes it gets blurry. Are you really there? Have you all left. Well, left isn’t quite the right word, but are there still people who genuinely love me? I want to be reassured of that too. You know? I want confirmation from this relationship. That’s what this is, right? An unspecified mass? Should I call it an unspecified mass or a specific one? Anyway, when I want that confirmation, I turn this on too Honestly, I’ve gone live because I felt like crying. It just happens sometimes when I’m alone. And it’s been such a long time since we performed. You’ve seen in interviews how after receiving all that energy from countless people on stage, when we come down below the stage, the drop, the gap, is huge To narrow that gap, I read, I exercise, and I go live like this. Your love isn’t lacking. From the very beginning, your love has always been more than I deserved. The one who’s lacking is me It’s like this. I depend on how you are with me, and you depend on how I am with you, right? So it’s up to both of us: how we do this together Let’s keep trying our best together, even though I don’t know exactly how

🐨 Honestly, I’m still scared. I want to act strong, like, I don’t give a sh—, I don’t give a f—, I don’t care about anything. What can you even do to me, huh? Huh! Huh! But I’m not like that. I’m still really weak, really anxious, and I get hurt a lot. Even now, when I see malicious comments, it’s hard for me sometimes I don’t want to deny that part of myself. This is what I fight my way through. Because 10 years ago, the same things were there. The same things existed, but what’s different now is that I know you actually exist. I’ve come to understand that a little better That’s the only thing that’s really changed Of course, we’re doing better now and receiving more love. But if there’s one thing that’s definitely different, it’s that I believe in your existence. And yet, sometimes it gets blurry. Are you really there? Have you all left. Well, left isn’t quite the right word, but are there still people who genuinely love me? I want to be reassured of that too. You know? I want confirmation from this relationship. That’s what this is, right? An unspecified mass? Should I call it an unspecified mass or a specific one? Anyway, when I want that confirmation, I turn this on too Honestly, I’ve gone live because I felt like crying. It just happens sometimes when I’m alone. And it’s been such a long time since we performed. You’ve seen in interviews how after receiving all that energy from countless people on stage, when we come down below the stage, the drop, the gap, is huge To narrow that gap, I read, I exercise, and I go live like this. Your love isn’t lacking. From the very beginning, your love has always been more than I deserved. The one who’s lacking is me It’s like this. I depend on how you are with me, and you depend on how I am with you, right? So it’s up to both of us: how we do this together Let’s keep trying our best together, even though I don’t know exactly how

Sara 2.0

175,658 views • 9 months ago

"You can either produce excellence or you can avoid criticism. But you cannot do both of those. The reason that you don't have certain excellence that you want is because you are afraid of getting criticized. You are afraid of the judgment that comes with it. You are afraid of standing out. You are afraid of being alone. You are afraid of people looking at you. You are worried about what people think of you. There are 2 categories of things in this world: 1) Things that are up to you 2) Things that are not up to you Which category does your reputation sit in? Your reputation is not up to you. I'm the one who associates your reputation with something, not you. You just do things. What's up to you? How you act. Your decisions. Your actions. That is up to you. Your reputation is not up to you. Here's how I know that: You all have a reputation about me and it's not in my control. I get to say and do whatever I say and do up here. I am in control of saying it. I am in control of doing it. The moment words leave my lips, who has control over what is done with those words? You! You are in control of what you think of me. And there's no way everybody in this room is going to think the exact same thing about me. No way. When it comes to exceptional, what we've got to understand is you can spend your whole life trying to avoid criticism and earn reputation, and it still won't be in your control. We can waste a lot of time missing out on excellence we could have been producing if we were just simply LESS trying to engineer what we wanted other people to think about us."

"You can either produce excellence or you can avoid criticism. But you cannot do both of those. The reason that you don't have certain excellence that you want is because you are afraid of getting criticized. You are afraid of the judgment that comes with it. You are afraid of standing out. You are afraid of being alone. You are afraid of people looking at you. You are worried about what people think of you. There are 2 categories of things in this world: 1) Things that are up to you 2) Things that are not up to you Which category does your reputation sit in? Your reputation is not up to you. I'm the one who associates your reputation with something, not you. You just do things. What's up to you? How you act. Your decisions. Your actions. That is up to you. Your reputation is not up to you. Here's how I know that: You all have a reputation about me and it's not in my control. I get to say and do whatever I say and do up here. I am in control of saying it. I am in control of doing it. The moment words leave my lips, who has control over what is done with those words? You! You are in control of what you think of me. And there's no way everybody in this room is going to think the exact same thing about me. No way. When it comes to exceptional, what we've got to understand is you can spend your whole life trying to avoid criticism and earn reputation, and it still won't be in your control. We can waste a lot of time missing out on excellence we could have been producing if we were just simply LESS trying to engineer what we wanted other people to think about us."

Brian Kight

308,812 views • 1 year ago

🚨 JUST NOW: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is going ALL-OUT to try to tank the nomination of Markwayne Mullin to DHS Paul just played a clip where Mullin said "stand your butt up then" in a heated exchange MULLIN: "Both of us have shaken hands [since then] and agreed we could've done things different. He has become a close friend."

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Eric Daugherty

203,206 views • 3 months ago

🚨BREAKING: The leftists on MSNBC are now DOUBLING DOWN on demonizing ICE officials. This has to STOP! "Just yesterday, Homeland Security released a propaganda video on their social website stating or using the nintendo’s pokemon to catch them all and continuing to dehumanize non-citizens." "The way you fix this is by really ensuring that due process is played out." "I think the the calls for, you know, stop the rhetoric, stop everything else. Well that’s correct. We have to go back." "We have a decade of intentionally attacking institutions, disinformation, misinformation, conspiracy theories, which led to polarization in society. All of those things have set the conditions for where we are now." "And then you throw in the aggressive tactics that ice has employed and the wearing of masks. That’s where you get political violence coming from. It’s political violence doesn’t happen in a vacuum." "It’s it’s in response to a real or perceived grievance that somebody has. And they think that this is the best outlet and that is not justifying it. It’s just where you see these pockets of violence emerge. It’s in response to something."

🚨BREAKING: The leftists on MSNBC are now DOUBLING DOWN on demonizing ICE officials. This has to STOP! "Just yesterday, Homeland Security released a propaganda video on their social website stating or using the nintendo’s pokemon to catch them all and continuing to dehumanize non-citizens." "The way you fix this is by really ensuring that due process is played out." "I think the the calls for, you know, stop the rhetoric, stop everything else. Well that’s correct. We have to go back." "We have a decade of intentionally attacking institutions, disinformation, misinformation, conspiracy theories, which led to polarization in society. All of those things have set the conditions for where we are now." "And then you throw in the aggressive tactics that ice has employed and the wearing of masks. That’s where you get political violence coming from. It’s political violence doesn’t happen in a vacuum." "It’s it’s in response to a real or perceived grievance that somebody has. And they think that this is the best outlet and that is not justifying it. It’s just where you see these pockets of violence emerge. It’s in response to something."

Gunther Eagleman™

36,247 views • 9 months ago

The Circle (2000, Panahi)/ Iran "Political movies have limited time. After that time, it doesn’t say anything anymore. But if the whole thing is said in an artistic way, then it doesn’t have an expiration date." --- Jafar Panahi Full Excerpt: "Interviewer: The subject matter of 'The Circle' (2000) is controversial. You mentioned that the film is still banned in Iran. In fact, when I was watching the film, I realized that through the characters, there’s a lot of fear about the system, the establishment, the police. The women can’t smoke; they have to wear the chador; they seem to want to hide every time. This is all very clear from watching the film. Did you deliberately want to make a statement about the political situation in Iran? Panahi: I have to tell you again that I’m not a political person. I don’t like political movies. But I take every opportunity to comment on the social issues. I talk about the current issues. To me it’s not important what is the reason for what has happened. Whether it’s political reasons or geographical reasons: these are not important—but the condition, the social issues. It is important to me to talk about the plight of humanity at that time. I don’t want to give a political view, or start a political war. I think that the artist should rise above this. Political movies have limited time. After that time, it doesn’t say anything anymore. But if the whole thing is said in an artistic way, then it doesn’t have an expiration date. So it doesn’t really serve a political purpose. Then it can be everlasting, for always, and it could be for anywhere. But I know that politically, with the film authorities, with any kind of film that has some political background in it, they would take issue with it. And for this reason, that is what the problem is. Interviewer: Still, your film makes a very strong statement about the problems that women face in Iran. Panahi: Yes, I agree with that. Interviewer: So that is humanitarian, of course, but it’s also political. Panahi: Yes, I agree with that. It has the elements. It all depends on how you look at it. If a person has only political views, then he will only see the political. But if you are a poet or an artist, then you see other things as well in the movie. If you are a socialist, you see political or economic or whatever different points of view. You mustn’t look at a film with only one point of view. If you want to see 'The Circle' (2000) as political, then it is one of the most political movies in Iran. By political, I mean partisan politics. But even the police, I didn’t want to show them as bad. In the first instance, you are afraid of the police. Because you are looking at them from the point of view of someone who is now in prison. And normally you see him in a long shot, but when they come nearer and you see them in a medium shot, you can see their human faces. Then it comes down to, “Do you need any help?” But he goes back again and becomes frightening. If I were being political, then I would always show the police as dangerous or bad persons." (Jafar Panahi's interview with Stephen Teo, Senses of Cinema, 2001)

The Circle (2000, Panahi)/ Iran "Political movies have limited time. After that time, it doesn’t say anything anymore. But if the whole thing is said in an artistic way, then it doesn’t have an expiration date." --- Jafar Panahi Full Excerpt: "Interviewer: The subject matter of 'The Circle' (2000) is controversial. You mentioned that the film is still banned in Iran. In fact, when I was watching the film, I realized that through the characters, there’s a lot of fear about the system, the establishment, the police. The women can’t smoke; they have to wear the chador; they seem to want to hide every time. This is all very clear from watching the film. Did you deliberately want to make a statement about the political situation in Iran? Panahi: I have to tell you again that I’m not a political person. I don’t like political movies. But I take every opportunity to comment on the social issues. I talk about the current issues. To me it’s not important what is the reason for what has happened. Whether it’s political reasons or geographical reasons: these are not important—but the condition, the social issues. It is important to me to talk about the plight of humanity at that time. I don’t want to give a political view, or start a political war. I think that the artist should rise above this. Political movies have limited time. After that time, it doesn’t say anything anymore. But if the whole thing is said in an artistic way, then it doesn’t have an expiration date. So it doesn’t really serve a political purpose. Then it can be everlasting, for always, and it could be for anywhere. But I know that politically, with the film authorities, with any kind of film that has some political background in it, they would take issue with it. And for this reason, that is what the problem is. Interviewer: Still, your film makes a very strong statement about the problems that women face in Iran. Panahi: Yes, I agree with that. Interviewer: So that is humanitarian, of course, but it’s also political. Panahi: Yes, I agree with that. It has the elements. It all depends on how you look at it. If a person has only political views, then he will only see the political. But if you are a poet or an artist, then you see other things as well in the movie. If you are a socialist, you see political or economic or whatever different points of view. You mustn’t look at a film with only one point of view. If you want to see 'The Circle' (2000) as political, then it is one of the most political movies in Iran. By political, I mean partisan politics. But even the police, I didn’t want to show them as bad. In the first instance, you are afraid of the police. Because you are looking at them from the point of view of someone who is now in prison. And normally you see him in a long shot, but when they come nearer and you see them in a medium shot, you can see their human faces. Then it comes down to, “Do you need any help?” But he goes back again and becomes frightening. If I were being political, then I would always show the police as dangerous or bad persons." (Jafar Panahi's interview with Stephen Teo, Senses of Cinema, 2001)

DepressedBergman

43,871 views • 6 months ago

🐻: a [life] tip for someone turning 20? well… this is more of a lifelong tip than specifically for your 20s, but you have to life doing all the things you want! of course we can’t always be only doing the things that we want, but whenever possible, try turning the things you do into what you wanna do or doing the things that are actually aligned with what you like. i think it’d be good to fill in your life with the things you wanna do as much as possible 🐻: would life become more enjoyable once i turn 30? hmm, nope! [now that i think about it,] it wasn’t turning 30 that was important for me. i just happened to find my turning point and felt better in my 30s, but if it’s not the case for you, i think life turns more enjoyable the moment you make up your mind and determination. though it just sounds like a mere mindset difference, isn’t that the hardest part? it’s definitely not easy 🐻: “can you tell me that i’m doing well?”—you’re doing well! but i don’t think me telling you those words is what’s important because won’t it truly be more meaningful if it’s you who lives believing in your own self? i’ve also come to live that way now, though i know that’s something really hard to do… but still, i realised that’s the best way. making even a slight shift to our mindset’s so hard, isn’t it? 🐻: “what should i do if i don’t have confidence?”—keep doing it until you have that confidence or try your best to put aside all the reasons you’re unconfident. you’ll surely gain confidence that way, though of course, support from the people around you helps with confidence boost too. for example, i initially started believing that i might actually be better than how i viewed myself because my days believe in me, but in the long run, i have to be the one building my own confidence up. i think it’s most important that you recognise and validate your own self in the end! 🐻: “i’m afraid of the future”—you can be. i think i’ve said this before, but nothing changes even if we’re afraid. if you’re afraid of something that’s inevitably gonna happen, contemplating about it allows for good preemptive measures instead, but for all those minor worries? i think it’s better to take action after those things do happen, since i heard 90% of the things we worry about won’t actually happen. it’ll be okay, i believe

🐻: a [life] tip for someone turning 20? well… this is more of a lifelong tip than specifically for your 20s, but you have to life doing all the things you want! of course we can’t always be only doing the things that we want, but whenever possible, try turning the things you do into what you wanna do or doing the things that are actually aligned with what you like. i think it’d be good to fill in your life with the things you wanna do as much as possible 🐻: would life become more enjoyable once i turn 30? hmm, nope! [now that i think about it,] it wasn’t turning 30 that was important for me. i just happened to find my turning point and felt better in my 30s, but if it’s not the case for you, i think life turns more enjoyable the moment you make up your mind and determination. though it just sounds like a mere mindset difference, isn’t that the hardest part? it’s definitely not easy 🐻: “can you tell me that i’m doing well?”—you’re doing well! but i don’t think me telling you those words is what’s important because won’t it truly be more meaningful if it’s you who lives believing in your own self? i’ve also come to live that way now, though i know that’s something really hard to do… but still, i realised that’s the best way. making even a slight shift to our mindset’s so hard, isn’t it? 🐻: “what should i do if i don’t have confidence?”—keep doing it until you have that confidence or try your best to put aside all the reasons you’re unconfident. you’ll surely gain confidence that way, though of course, support from the people around you helps with confidence boost too. for example, i initially started believing that i might actually be better than how i viewed myself because my days believe in me, but in the long run, i have to be the one building my own confidence up. i think it’s most important that you recognise and validate your own self in the end! 🐻: “i’m afraid of the future”—you can be. i think i’ve said this before, but nothing changes even if we’re afraid. if you’re afraid of something that’s inevitably gonna happen, contemplating about it allows for good preemptive measures instead, but for all those minor worries? i think it’s better to take action after those things do happen, since i heard 90% of the things we worry about won’t actually happen. it’ll be okay, i believe

𝙢𝙜𝙙𝙣𝙙𝙨

28,089 views • 1 year ago

my new song “BREAKDOWN.” is out on the 21st of June!!! 🖤🖤🖤 I wrote this poem because it’s been the hardest year for my mental health. In my life I’ve always never felt good enough, it’s just the thing that’s eaten me up. For as long as I can remember i have felt constantly afraid of how quickly my head can turn dark. It’s always been so hard to fight the darkness that i inevitably have. A lot of people will say it’s a phase and it will go away. But it doesn’t and the reality of the situation is I have to find strategies to deal with it. To put it plainly the things I don’t like about myself will probably never change, people tell me one day I’ll come-to terms with them one day but I want that day to be FUCKING NOW. This song is a message to myself to try and exist alongside my insecurities and my darkness by grounding myself and remembering what is real in life and the world is so much bigger than me. Try and get out of your head and notice the world around you, notice the things and people around you. Connect with them, the chances are they probably feel the same. Don’t let the bullshit inside your head consume you. It just wastes precious time. Remember what is real. Help people, be kind, help the world, help yourself. If you think you can’t do it, you can. You can get through this, trust me. Use this poem in a mornin to get u out of bed, use it when youre about to back out of something last minute, use it when you’re at your darkest. It’s got a little bit of light in it. Don’t forget to put your feet in the grass … Mind

my new song “BREAKDOWN.” is out on the 21st of June!!! 🖤🖤🖤 I wrote this poem because it’s been the hardest year for my mental health. In my life I’ve always never felt good enough, it’s just the thing that’s eaten me up. For as long as I can remember i have felt constantly afraid of how quickly my head can turn dark. It’s always been so hard to fight the darkness that i inevitably have. A lot of people will say it’s a phase and it will go away. But it doesn’t and the reality of the situation is I have to find strategies to deal with it. To put it plainly the things I don’t like about myself will probably never change, people tell me one day I’ll come-to terms with them one day but I want that day to be FUCKING NOW. This song is a message to myself to try and exist alongside my insecurities and my darkness by grounding myself and remembering what is real in life and the world is so much bigger than me. Try and get out of your head and notice the world around you, notice the things and people around you. Connect with them, the chances are they probably feel the same. Don’t let the bullshit inside your head consume you. It just wastes precious time. Remember what is real. Help people, be kind, help the world, help yourself. If you think you can’t do it, you can. You can get through this, trust me. Use this poem in a mornin to get u out of bed, use it when youre about to back out of something last minute, use it when you’re at your darkest. It’s got a little bit of light in it. Don’t forget to put your feet in the grass … Mind

YUNGBLUD

66,420 views • 2 years ago

Rob Reiner on the comparisons between "The Sure Thing" (1985) & "It Happened One Night" (1934): "A lot of people have said 'The Sure Thing' (1985) was like a teenage version of 'It Happened One Night' (1934). It’s hard to believe but at that point I’d never seen that movie. I’ve subsequently seen it and the only thing that’s comparable to me is that it’s on the road and the two people who don’t particularly like each other fall in love. The only thing that I ever shoot for is to try to be as good as I can be at the time. You may look back on something you’ve done ten, twelve years ago and say, “Well, that’s not as good as I can do now.” And it’s really irrelevant. The only thing you can go by is whether this as good as you can do at the time you’re doing it. And I felt when I finished 'The Sure Thing', it was as good as I could do at that time." ("The Directors - Take Two", Robert J. Emery, 2002)

Rob Reiner on the comparisons between "The Sure Thing" (1985) & "It Happened One Night" (1934): "A lot of people have said 'The Sure Thing' (1985) was like a teenage version of 'It Happened One Night' (1934). It’s hard to believe but at that point I’d never seen that movie. I’ve subsequently seen it and the only thing that’s comparable to me is that it’s on the road and the two people who don’t particularly like each other fall in love. The only thing that I ever shoot for is to try to be as good as I can be at the time. You may look back on something you’ve done ten, twelve years ago and say, “Well, that’s not as good as I can do now.” And it’s really irrelevant. The only thing you can go by is whether this as good as you can do at the time you’re doing it. And I felt when I finished 'The Sure Thing', it was as good as I could do at that time." ("The Directors - Take Two", Robert J. Emery, 2002)

DepressedBergman

91,700 views • 1 month ago

Sen. Paul: "Markwayne Mullin is justifying political violence as 'Oh, well, we need a manly way to settle our differences, and some people need to just be punched in the mouth.' That's bizarre, and I think it makes him unfit to lead federal law enforcement."

Sen. Paul: "Markwayne Mullin is justifying political violence as 'Oh, well, we need a manly way to settle our differences, and some people need to just be punched in the mouth.' That's bizarre, and I think it makes him unfit to lead federal law enforcement."

The Bulwark

61,746 views • 3 months ago