“In another moment, when I had drunk exactly the right amount of champagne, I should have a vision. I took a sip. And now, with extreme clarity, without passion or malice, I saw what Life really is. It had something, I remember, to do with the revolving sunshade.” — Christopher Isherwood, Mr. Norris Changes Trains
“The reason conservatives cohere and radicals fight: everyone agrees about fears, no one about visions.” — Brian Eno, A Year With Swollen Appendices (1995-07-19)
“As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life — so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls.” — Dr Matt Cartmill, “Why I became a scientist”, American Scientist, 1988
“It’s one of the characteristics of a leader that he not doubt for one moment the capacity of the people he’s leading to realize whatever he’s dreaming.” — Benjamin Zander, The transformative power of classical music
Dub FX‘s Made is catchy beats and a good start to any day. A story of perseverance and the creation a self-fulfilling vision of a future with no regrets. All summed up in the chorus:
“I ain’t gonna spend my time wondering why I never made it
I’ve already made it”
It’s almost impossible to have a bad day after listening to this.
“One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.” — Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch
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