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Given that Gouldman was a talented songwriter and had boosted the band’s profile with his hits for others,[23] it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what The Mockingbirds were missing. It certainly wasn’t ideas. In fact their long-forgotten single ...more
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Charles Baudelaire
“For most of us, especially for businessmen, in whose eyes nature does not exist, unless it be in its strict utility relationship with their business interests, the fantastic reality of life becomes strangely blunted. M. G. registers it constantly; his memory and his eyes are full of it.”
Charles Baudelaire, The Painter of Modern Life

“Tai Gong’s list of errors that generals should avoid includes ‘being courageous and treating death lightly, being hasty and impatient, being benevolent but unwilling to inflict suffering, being wise but fearful, being trustworthy and liking to trust others, being wise but indecisive’. The same errors apply when using Tai Chi for self-defence, but can be overcome by training. The samurai in Old Japan practised Zen, painted and studied calligraphy as well as training in the martial arts, because they believed these activities would help them to develop the key skill of harmonious spontaneity. Practice of the more Yin aspects of Tai Chi and the unpredictable nature of free Pushing Hands training similarly help to develop that spontaneity.”
Dan Docherty, The Complete Tai Chi Tutor: A structured course to achieve professional expertise

Iain M. Banks
“A guilty system recognizes no innocents.”
Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games

William Shakespeare
“And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name”
William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Elizabeth Gilbert
“Only when we are at our most playful can divinity finally get serious with us.”
Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

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