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-- Tim O'Reilly

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“Being the recent accessibility of rare vinyl and cassette music via blogs, as well as the digital backlash which is driving more people to crave the tangible - most of these minimal wave releases are hand-numbered vinyl editions, which adds another level to the listening experience. They can listen to an LP and it's there for them to look at, examine its cover art, and hold whilst buying and downloading music in digital form remains such an ephemeral experience.”
“I think the great thing about theatre, and if you start in theatre, is that it does build a confidence in poetic themes and ideas.”
“Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful.”
“A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive.”
“It is thus religion infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity and fanaticism: if he has a heated imagination it drives him on to fury; if he has activity, it makes him a madman, who is frequently as cruel to himself, as he is dangerous and incommodious to others: if, on the contrary, he be phlegmatic or of a slothful habit, he becomes melancholy and is useless to society.”
“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.”

Source : 1876 Toast at the banquet of the International Congress of Sericulture (translated by Rene Dubois).
“When I left home, I was going to ride around a little while and then go to my mom's. As I rode and rode and rode, I felt even more anxiety coming upon me about not wanting to live”
“American press, like the press in many countries, acts like a cheerleader to our government rather than a critical observer. This is especially true, when it comes to foreign interventions. That means that when government leaders conclude that intervention in a foreign country is justified, the press rarely criticizes it. In fact, the press has been an enthusiastic cheerleader for many of our foreign interventions.”

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