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“Learn something today in order to make tomorrow a better today.”
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“Our triumphs seem hollow unless we have friends to share them, and our failures are made bearable by their understanding.”
Source : James Rachels (1999). “The Elements of Moral Philosophy”
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“The real giants have always been poets, men who jumped from facts into the realm of imagination and ideas.”
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“Genius is talent set on fire by courage.”
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“Women, you overheated dipsomaniacs, never passing up a chance to wangle a drink, a great boon to bartenders but a bane to us--not to mention our crockery and our woolens!”
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“There are things that I am passionate about, whether it's the season or just kind sort of what is necessary for culture. I like the idea that I can shape the culture in any shape or form that I can in whatever topic. But a lot of times, for me, it is about representing "the other," whoever "the other" is.”
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“It is always easier to take the words of a Jesus, a Gandhi, a Marx, or a Confucius as constituting Holy Writ. This involves less reading, less study, less thought, less conflict, and less independent searching, but it also means less growth toward maturity.”
Source : William Coperthwaite, John Saltmarsh (2007). “A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity”, p.13, Chelsea Green Publishing
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“There are a lot of producers and people in the music industry who take credit for the work of others when it's not actually their work. Especially big producers - they have a song that's written by one guy with a produced mix by someone else and then it's sung by someone else.”
Source : "Brothers Gonna Work It Out: Disclosure Break Down Every Song on Their New LP". Interview with Matthew Schnipper, pitchfork.com. September 1, 2015.