February 2012
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“You must understand words and the craft and art of putting words together to...”
– Barry Moser
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“I remember watching a segment on Japanese TV where some independent scientist...”
– Byron Aihara
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“Second to the value of work is the willingness to fail. Faulkner said that to...”
– Barry Moser
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“The best advice I could possibly give you, and forgive me if this seems glib, is...”
– Barry Moser
“When I see an old movie, like from the ’40s or ’50s or ’60s, the people look so...”
– Rudy Rucker
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“When we started we HAD no style, no understanding of ourselves or what we were...”
– Teller, of Penn and Teller, in a letter at http://shwood.squarespace.com/news/2009/9/21/14-years-ago-the-day-teller-gave-me-the-secret-to-my-career.html
Strangely, advice as good for writers or musicians as it is for magicians.
(via neil-gaiman)
Good advice for anyone.
“The highest quality of attention we may give is love.”
– Robert Fripp
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Helsinki Bus Station Theory - Stay on the f*cking...
The Helsinki Bus Station: let me describe what happens there.
Some two-dozen platforms are laid out in a square at the heart of the city. At the head of each platform is a sign posting the numbers of the buses that leave from that particular platform. The bus numbers might read as follows: 21, 71, 58, 33, and 19.
Each bus takes the same route out of the city for a least a kilometer stopping at...
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“The right thing at the wrong time is wrong. The wrong thing at the right time...”
– Robert Fripp (via moredarkthanshark)
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“The point of art is to transform yourself through understanding. Teach yourself...”
– Miranda July (via aprill-showers)
“When everyone is being very cool, uncool becomes very important.”
– Brian Eno (via moredarkthanshark)
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“the whole point of the flâneur’s wanderings is that he does not know what he...”
– The Death of the Cyberflâneur - NYTimes.com (via johnyzuper)
This is an excellent piece that articulates well how I’ve felt about the current state of the net.
“I said that the more we can name what we’re seeing, the more language we have...”
– Mark Doty (source; adapted from itgivesitthew)
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“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when...”
– Albert Einstein, y’all
“Sometimes reality is too complex for oral communication”
– Alphaville, (1965) 