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“I'd rather be a hypocrite than the same person forever.” - Ad Rock

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“The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.”

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Two ears, one mouth. Use them in proportion.

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“Months ago, I would get up and start sketching [song lists]. But this is the key part: I try to always keep it in sort of an improv head space. So that the overriding rule, is when you cross the line at the top of the stairs up to the stage — there’s actually physically a line — if I have a paper in my hand, I throw it on the ground. And if I have stuff in my mind, I let go.”

“If we’re doing a 13-night run, I live and breathe it for six months, and then I really get to the point where when we walk onstage, I completely forget it. I have no idea what the next song is going to be. So it’s like half and half. I had sketched out sort of a 13-night view. But as soon as Night 1 was over, we changed [our plans].”

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Life is only as good as who you share it with.

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Precisely because you’re not thinking about the task, the brain can subconsciously consolidate the new knowledge. Dr. Oakley compares this process to “a librarian filing books away on shelves for later retrieval.” - Barbara Oakley on the Pomodoro Technique rest period. 

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When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day Just go to the mirror and look at yourself And see what that man has to say. For it isn’t your father, or mother, or wife Whose judgment upon you must pass The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life Is the one staring back from the glass. He’s the fellow to please – never mind all the rest For he’s with you, clear to the end And you’ve passed your most difficult, dangerous test If the man in the glass is your friend. You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years And get pats on the back as you pass But your final reward will be heartache and tears If you’ve cheated the man in the glass. 

- Dale Wimbrow

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“When it’s honest enough that the thought of singing it for people you know makes you just a bit uncomfortable, that’s a good start.” - Amy E. Regan

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people are experts in their own problems, not in the solutions

a user interview insight

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“LCD Soundsystem started from a DJ perspective... I was into punk rock, rock n roll, 60′s music. I was starting to DJ, but the options were limited -- you could play techno records, which I like, but some of it is faceless garbage. There were records that I felt didn’t exist. I wanted things to sound differently. So I started making music to fill that void. The band grew out of that. It didn’t feel revolutionary, it just seemed necessary.” - James Murphy

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“The footsteps of the farmer are his best fertilizer” - Wellington Mara (via age old farming proverb)

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Phil Simms #11

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Don’t try real hard, try real easy.—Victor Wooten