"There's a line in the Arthur Russell documentary where his partner talks about how Arthur is really interested in process. He never felt like anything was finished, and he would even work on things after they'd been released. I definitely relate to that."

-- Rostam Batmanglij

“Musical beds is the faculty sport around here.”
“Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation - and about fundamental relations with one's fellows.”
“Abortion should be listed as a weapon of mass destruction against the voiceless.”
“If you're going to spend a long time locked in somebody's basement, take a professor with you.”
“Me and a mate picked up two darling birds and they took us back to their flat. I went into the bedroom with my bird and she started getting undressed. I was that drunk I was standing there wondering how to get undressed without letting go of the award. I went to sit on the bed, missed it by four feet and ended up lying on the floor. I remember the bird looking down at me, and saying, â€˜Some player of the year.â€™ Then I fell asleep. I woke up still clutching my award and staggered out of the flat. I hadnâ€™t a bloody clue where I was.”
“When you want to succeed in Real Estate, you have to breath it..you have to want it as much as air”
“And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go A various journey to the deep, Like human life to endless sleep!”

Source : John Dyer (1822). “The Poems of J. D. The Life of J. D. by Dr. Johnson. The British Poets, Etc”, p.120
“E'en the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, and trodden weeds send out a rich perfume.”

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