Tag: quotes
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‘Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence’
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The desire and ability to press on has and always will solve the problems of the human race and divide those who achieve from those who might have been. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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‘Don’t water down your natural style’
What you love to think about, dream about, speak about, learn about and create about is your genius. Don’t water down your natural style or contort yourself into some idealized version of who you think you should be. The impulses that come from deep within are your guide track to greatness. We want you as…
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‘All human activity is prompted by desire’
All human activity is prompted by desire. There is a wholly fallacious theory advanced by some earnest moralists to the effect that it is possible to resist desire in the interests of duty and moral principle. I say this is fallacious, not because no man ever acts from a sense of duty, but because duty…
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‘In the future, everyone will want to be anonymous for fifteen minutes’
Banksy reversed the Warhol quote so it fits today’s weather. “In the future, everyone will want to be anonymous for fifteen minutes.” Banksy “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” Andy Warhol Needless to say, social media changed things. Going off the grid will be the new luxury.
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A big believer in boredom
“I’m a big believer in boredom. … All the [technology] stuff is wonderful, but having nothing to do can be wonderful, too.” Steve Jobs Boredom adds to the mystery of life. When we sit alone with our thoughts, the world breaks open. Nature comes alive. Time slows down and insights emerge from dormancy. The ransacking…
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Anthony Bourdain’s tip for aspiring travelers
No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach (Amazon) was Bourdain’s sixth book. In it, he offered this sage advice to ambitious world travelers. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves mark…
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Against running with headphones
The host of NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! wrote about the delights of running in our overconnected age and it looks fantastic. “If I don’t leave my headphones behind when I run, I wouldn’t spend a single minute of my waking life free from input. I have a friend who wears headphones on long solo…
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‘We do not grow absolutely, chronologically’
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers,…
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‘The more we know the less certain we are’
“The more we know the less certain we are.” Simon Critchley
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‘The hippocampus’s main criterion for storage is repetition’
“The hippocampus’s main criterion for storage is repetition, so asking that question over and over gives the brain no choice but to pay attention and begin to create answers.” Robert Maurer, One Small Step Can Change Your Life
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‘Chaos always defeats order’
“Chaos always defeats order, because it is better organized.” Terry Pratchett (see books) art by Anna Firth
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‘Genius hits a target that no one else can see’
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit, while genius hits a target that no one else can see.” Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation (Amazon) gif via Micaël Reynaud