"It is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, â€˜progressâ€™ would become mechanical and trivial."

-- Bertrand Russell

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“If you're going to win games, you're going to have to come up with the big hits. That's the bottom line.”
“One of the most powerful aspects of drumming and the reason people have done it since the beginning of being human is that it changes people's consciousness. Through rhythmic repetition of ritual sounds, the body, the brain and the nervous system are energized and transformed. When a group of people play a rhythm for an extended period of time, their brain waves become entrained to the rhythm and they have a shared brain wave state. The longer the drumming goes on, the more powerful the entrainment becomes. It's really the oldest holy communion.”
“The confusing thing is we now live in a society where it's not illegal to be an asshole, but it's illegal to slap one.”

Source : "Ronda Rousey: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 26, 2012.
“We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.”

Source : "Apple's Tim Cook: We're Fine Without Steve Jobs (AAPL)" by Dan Frommer, www.businessinsider.com. January 21, 2009.
“Everybody else, including the rich people, are willing to pay more. They want to pay more.”
“It is terrifying to think of what a commodity art has become.”

Source : Audrey Flack (1986). “Art & soul: notes on creating”, Dutton Adult
“You learn a lot from your customers, and when your customers are also your owners, you learn even more.”
“There's a few scholars that object to how the italicized sections suggest that Native people are to take some part in the blame for how colonization occurred. But I say, "Yes they are." Not nearly as much blame as the colonizers, of course. But we are not just victims. I hate this idea that we are all just victimized and oppressed and etcetera etcetera. It's dehumanizing in its own way.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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