"Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there."

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Source : Ernst Hans Gombrich (1977). “Art and illusion: a study in the psychology of pictorial representation”

Ernst Gombrich

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“I initially wanted to work in the music industry more on the A&R side. While I was in school, I began working in the New Business department of an advertising firm, and very quickly I was responsible for roughly 70% of their business, so you could say I had a natural knack for the advertising world.”
“I studied and performed and even taught mime years ago.”

Source : "Tom Bergeron: Emmy Winner On How He’s Stayed Sane In Hollywood". Interview with Pat Gallagher, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.
“And he isn't crying for her, not for his grandma, he's crying for himself: that he: too, is going to die one day. And before that his friends wil die, and the friends of his friends, and, as time passes, the children of his friends, and, if his fate is truly bitter, his own children. (58)”
“You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention without action is useless.”
“Majorities are generally wrong, if only in their reasons for being right.”

Source : George Saintsbury (1950). “A Last Vintage: Essays and Papers”
“I think the greatest rogues are they who talk most of their honesty.”
“With all his greatness and accomplishments on the guitar, Dime will be missed more for his giving personality, charisma, caring for others, love and most of all his heart. Twice as big as the state of Texas. Dime gave it all every day to each and every one of us and our lives have forever been hollowed without himâ€¦ Thanks to all of you for reaching out to us in this time of our immeasurable loss. Rest in peace brother Dime.”
“When it comes to certain kind of rhythm things, particularly like shaker or tambourine tracks. I like the way I can really lock up with my own Hi Hat or Ride Cymbal beat. So a lot of times in recording I'll be asked -- or even volunteer -- to put a shaker or tambourine track on. Just to give it something extra. And it always works great. I hate it when I'm in the studio and I don't have any shakers or tambourines with me. I've been on a few dates when we didn't have anything and tried to improvise shakers out of some uncooked rice in soda cans. It sounded horrible.”

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