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Knights attempting a Leap of Faith to reach the Holy Grail

— Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

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there's a thread on twitter of a French professor trying to make John Locke's pancake recipe and i've been giggling about it for days

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chuckling indulgently.. oh go on... i suppose a LITTLE bit of monica in my life wouldn't hurt

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why are all these modern aus for the Odyssey set in a high school. where's the retelling where Odysseus is just a guy lost in an airport who keeps missing his connecting flights home due to a comical series of delays and disgruntled airline employees

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the lake district, cumbria, england 🌿

photos by tony richards

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I firmly believe that some stories can never be translated into a different medium and that's okay

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i must not reference dune. referencing dune is the ah beans

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That really is how being in your 30s is like 😭

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MY COUSIN VINNY (1992) || LEGALLY BLONDE (2001)

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I think the first step towards the life you want is often to just say yes to more things. Accept that coffee invitation from your coworker even if it seems awkward. Sign up for that free class at the library that you're not sure you'll like. Join that club. Book that tour. Say yes to as many things as you can and kill the part of your brain that gut-reacts with a no.

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Absolutely insane lines to just drop in the middle of an academic text btw. Feeling so normal about this.

[ A Critical History of English Literature, Vol. 1, Prof. David Daiches, first published in 1960 ]

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Astrological clock in Venice

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at least there's bruce springsteen, it's like i always say at least there's bruce springsteen

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ask not for whom vienna waits