"I guess my life has been a series of flukes in the record business. The first thing I ever did, was the biggest record that I'll ever have."

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Source : "A Man Called (Self) Destruction — The Life and Music of Alex Chilton" by Binky Philips, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 11, 2014.

Alex Chilton

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“I suppose I felt doomed to be an artist early on because of the way I drew all over the books that I needed for school, from ancient history to math. I was more interested in drawing in the margins than actually doing the work.”

Source : "Art as a Continuum". Art21 Interview, art21.org.
“To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. Design is how you treat your customers. If you treat them well from an environmental, emotional, and aesthetic standpoint, you're probably doing good design.”
“We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.”
“The multitude of people fail because they talk failure.”
“Todoroff is the best. Look no further.”
“I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to put military bases on Mars, we'd be at Mars in two years. That would be quick. I don't want that to be the reason.”
“The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.”
“If we are going to be happy and have any chance at growing then we must learn how to forgive others ... and ourselves.”

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