"In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient within itself. This does not mean a closed mind, but actually an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything. It is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few."

-- Shunryu Suzuki

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“We all have a short period of time on this earth-We probably only have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. None of us has any idea how long we're going to be here nor do I, but my feeling is I've got to accomplish a lot of these things while I'm young.”
“Music has a bonding power, it's primal social cement”
“I remember one time going out to the mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit!”
“Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.”
“You can quit your job, but you can't quit your calling.”

Source : Lissa Rankin (2015). “The Anatomy of a Calling: A Doctor's Journey from the Head to the Heart and a Prescription for Finding Your Life's Purpose”, p.117, Rodale
“Why not just tell people I'm an alien from Mars. Tell them I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight. They'll believe anything you say, because you're a reporter. But if I, Michael Jackson, were to say, 'I'm an alien from Mars and I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight', people would say, 'Oh, man, that Michael Jackson is nuts. He's cracked up. You can't believe a damn word that comes out of his mouth.”
“It feels like Radiohead are famous, but that no one knows who we are. Which is brilliant, really.”

Source : "Sound and fury" by Andrew Smith, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2000.
“To get a traveling salesman drunk is the height of impossibility.”

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