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“Suddenly a chef burst into the dining room, charging toward our table. Two of his coworkers were trying to restrain him. Phil Fiermonte and I got up, as though ready for a physical confrontation. Then we heard what he was saying. Though most of it was still hard to make out, one line was clear: “She was a beautiful woman, and she went to China to help people, and you destroyed her. YOU DESTROYED HILLARY.” At this point, his coworkers dragged him back to the kitchen. Bernie remained sitting calmly at the table, and said, “Well, I guess Hillary had one supporter in West Virginia.”
― Ari Rabin-Havt, The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders

“Laidback Luke mentioned that he had his own record label, Mixmash Records, and if Tim continued to evolve at this pace, it was not impossible that he would one day release a song by Avici. Now attention was coming from England as well. The DJ and radio host Pete Tong had played the hottest house music on his BBC radio show since the early 90s and in April 2008 he announced a competition for young producers. Tim sent his song ‘Manman’, which to his great surprise was voted the winner by the listeners.”
― Måns Mosesson, Tim – The Official Biography of Avicii

“In general, dance music had long been overlooked in the US. While house music and techno had become mainstream genres in England, Germany and the Netherlands, they were still subcultures here. Of course, there had been sudden outbursts, moments when the scene had sparked – most recently in the late 90s when Brits like The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim had enjoyed successes on the charts.”
― Måns Mosesson, Tim – The Official Biography of Avicii

“A belligerent samurai, an old Japanese tale goes, once challenged a Zen master to explain the concept of heaven and hell. But the monk replied with scorn, "You're nothing but a lout—I can't waste my time with the likes of you!" His very honor attacked, the samurai flew into a rage and, pulling his sword from its scabbard, yelled, "I could kill you for your impertinence." "That," the monk calmly replied, "is hell." Startled at seeing the truth in what the master pointed out about the fury that had him in its grip, the samurai calmed down, sheathed his sword, and bowed, thanking the monk for the insight. "And that," said the monk, "is heaven." The sudden awakening of the samurai to his own agitated state illustrates the crucial difference between being caught up in a feeling and becoming aware that you are being swept away by it. Socrates's injunction "Know thyself speaks to this keystone of emotional intelligence: awareness of one's own feelings as they occur.”
― Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ