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		<title>Nietzsche&#8217;s Third Treatise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“One knows the three great pomp words of the ascetic ideal: poverty, humility, chastity: and now just look at the lives of all great fruitful inventive spirits close up – one will always find all three to a certain degree. Certainly not, as goes without saying, as if these were their ‘virtues’ – what does [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=2012&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sartre “Existentialism is a Humanism”</title>
		<link>http://favoritebirdspeaks.com/2011/08/10/dialectical-journal-sartre-%e2%80%9cexistentialism-is-a-humanism%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“In life, a man commits himself, draws his own portrait and there is nothing but that portrait. No doubt this thought may seem comfortless to one who has not made a success of his life. On the other hand, it puts everyone in a position to understand that reality alone is reliable; that dreams, expectations [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=2009&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And The Worst of These is Apathy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://favoritebirdspeaks.com/?p=1991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We keep coming back and others might call us stupid, or masochist, or idealist - but in reality we are just the courageously hopeful, the truly determined, who refuse to give up their capacity to feel happiness. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=1991&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What It Is to Win</title>
		<link>http://favoritebirdspeaks.com/2011/08/03/what-it-is-to-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://favoritebirdspeaks.com/?p=1968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be some idea that you’ve got to “put in your time” before you can be happy. “Well, I’ll just sacrifice my twenties to finish up school and then I can start my life.” And that’s bullshit. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=1968&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Departures</title>
		<link>http://favoritebirdspeaks.com/2011/06/29/on-departures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on personal experience, stories from friends, and basically every non-action film I've ever seen,  leaving is a pretty common way that women guage a man's interest. When we're left with absolutely no other options, we leave.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=1910&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dear America, Please relax. Love Always, Suz.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To America, sex is still shocking. It still offends and inspires awe. So we put it in our TV shows for ratings, our movies for box office success, and our music for sky-high record sales. Our promotion of human sexuality is based on the fact that we view it as a dirty little secret - a "sin" of which we are all guilty.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=1893&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>_____ Like A Man</title>
		<link>http://favoritebirdspeaks.com/2011/05/23/_____-like-a-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it’s just a matter of people instead of gender. Certain people can maintain an emotional distance and other people can’t. So why do we attribute this virtually impossible-to-achieve quality of emotional abstinence to men?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=1875&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Classically Trained</title>
		<link>http://favoritebirdspeaks.com/2011/05/09/classically-trained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 06:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classically Trained Christmas morning, 1993. Running down the hall in my pink footy pajamas, my long white hair in a post-sleep mat, I made my way to the living room and beheld our family Christmas tree. Just the sight of it, tinsel-laden and dwarfed by presents, was enough to send me into a tailspin. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=1863&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smile Quietly and Know You are Home</title>
		<link>http://favoritebirdspeaks.com/2011/05/03/smile-quietly-and-know-you-are-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 20:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweating on the floor in that airless room, my long straight hair sticking to my face and neck, I found the place where leaving-the-nest meets embracing-your-roots, where departure meets return. The place where New Orleans finally started to feel like Home. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=1817&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict Avoiders</title>
		<link>http://favoritebirdspeaks.com/2011/04/29/conflict-avoiders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzette Lake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no tolerance or respect for people who consistently cower before awkward situations. I resent having to deal with people who waste my time with bullshit and paper-thin promises. If you can't do something, don't say you can. And if you have to tell me something you know will disappoint me, do it sooner rather than later - I may not like what you have to say, but at least I'll respect you for saying it.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=favoritebirdspeaks.com&amp;blog=13847553&amp;post=1806&amp;subd=favoritebirdspeaks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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