"I think we live in a world where "the normal," is just a cut that each society creates for itself, but leaves out a number of situations, thoughts, and events as part of what we catalog as normal."

-- Samanta Schweblin

#Cutting Quotes #Thinking Quotes #World Quotes

“Every day, I love what I do and I think it's a gift and privilege to love your job.”

Source : "Interview Sarah Burton: 'The McQueen team is like family'". Interview with Harriet Quick, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2011.
“We can depend on nobody in this world, and sometimes we even betray ourselves.”
“Our toaster has two settings: too soon or too late.”
“Don't quote the Buddha. Be the Buddha.”
“Science and psychology have isolated the one prime cause for success or failure in life. It is the hidden self-image you have of yourself.”
“18th September, 1970; Jimi Hendrix dies. I'm still on the football team when I get the news. So I take my helmet off and confront the coach to tell him I'm quitting the team. In a moment of brilliance he gives me one look and says "OK".”

Source : "Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes". Music, Video, 1993.
“This does not mean that the profession is about to abandon Darwin forever or indorse [sic] my views publicly. The situation remains much as it was: the inner circles are full of doubt, but the public utterances are confident. The doubts may be greater now and the confidence less serene, but it will be a long time before the public is given the full dark picture. There is still need for a dissenting voice, a devil's advocate, a skeptical whistle-blower.”
“"Point of view" is that quintessentially human solution to information overload, an intuitive process of reducing things to an essential relevant and manageable minimum.. In a world of hyper abundant content, point of view will become the scarcest of resources.”

Source : "It's The Context, Stupid" by Paul Saffo, www.wired.com. March 1, 1994.

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