"It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any."

-- Voltaire

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“It is interesting that we call something good a â€œdream,â€ but being called a â€œdreamerâ€ is somewhat of a putdown. Without dreamers, no dream would ever be given reality, and we would live in a very small and shallow world. If you are a secret dreamer, itâ€™s your time to announce yourself.”
“But I've come to the point in my evolution on the instrument where I realize that I can't play the same stuff that just a guitar player or organ player would play - and I need to embrace that in a big way.”

Source : "Charlie Hunter: Living The Music". Interview with Paul Olson, www.allaboutjazz.com. September 26, 2005.
“Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.”
“Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.”
“This is what they have suppressed so long. This is why they are so afraid of the psychedelics, because they understand that once you touch the inner core of your own and someone else's being you can't be led into thing-fetishes and consumerism. The message of psychedelics is that culture can be re-engineered as a set of emotional values rather than products. This is terrifying news.”
“Iâ€™d be glad to go out on a limb with those Who want nothing beyond what the wind bestows, Were I not bound to roots, dug in deep to bear Never being done grasping for light and air”
“I was awarded 'Most Aggressive Rider of the Day', generally given to the most spectacular loser of the day.”

Source : David Millar, Jeremy Whittle (2012). “Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.”, p.11, Simon and Schuster
“There is a middle path between indulgence and suppression, but the culture has overwhelmed that in the cacophony that has been created in the modern world and the commercial encouragement of avoidance and indulgence on the one hand, or suppression and "just do it," treating yourself as an object on the other. We've got to find a way that's more compassionate, softer, that allows us to move forward towards the kind of lives that we really want to live.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com

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