"I think this market space, this modern world we're living in, one of its greatest failures is that it can only seem to describe a collective in terms of consumers or clients. It never sees an audience or a community as part of the process. And that's something I'm quite proud of, even if the music is crap."

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Source : Interview with Nitsuh Abebe, pitchfork.com. November 10, 2008.

#Thinking Quotes #Space Quotes #Community Quotes

“North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. It is not easy for somebody whoâ€™s escaped a totalitarian country to live in the free world. Defectors have to rediscover who they are in a world that offers endless possibilities. Choosing where to live, what to do, even which clothes to put on in the morning is tough enough for those of us accustomed to making choices; it can be utterly paralyzing for people whoâ€™ve had decisions made for them by the state their entire lives.”
“Near the foot of the mountain we visited a yogi who dwelled in a hollow tunneled beneath a boulder. He pondered our notion of climbing Shivling and said: 'First travel, then struggle, finally calm'.”

Source : Greg Child (2012). “Mixed Emotions: Mountaineering Writings of Greg Child”, p.52, The Mountaineers Books
“Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.”
“Religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis.”
“It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudence.”

Source : Kenneth Rexroth, Bradford Morrow (1989). “More Classics Revisited”, p.28, New Directions Publishing
“Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.”
“Since when was the stock market an accurate barometer of anything?”

Source : Arthur Hailey (2014). “The Moneychangers”, p.171, Open Road Media
“It is fundamentally important that Grasso resign so that the New York Stock Exchange can restore its moral authority.”

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