January 2011
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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution...”
– John F. Kennedy
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Mastery
The man pictured here is Maurice Franklin. Maurice is a wood turner who’s been churning out spindles of all kinds on the same lathe since 1933. His work has made it as far as Windsor Castle, and he has even sat for tea with the Queen as thanks for his work. Maurice, in a nutshell, is a wood-turning virtuoso.
But what amazes me about Maurice, and most of the other men and women I’ve...
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“I’m too real to be livin’ so fake.”
– Big Sean
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If you need legal help, don't hesitate. Call... →
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“I am a man. Nothing that is human is alien to me.”
– Terence
“I memorized something like 20 sonnets, and sometimes I thought ‘Maybe...”
– Maya Angelou
“There is work that is isolating, harsh, destructive, specialized or trivialized...”
– Wendell Berry
“One of the pleasentest of all emotions is to know that I, I with my brain and my...”
– M.F.K. Fisher
“The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with it’s own life...”
– Bill Watterson
“Best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. Second best time is now.”
– Chinese proverb
“I was goofing around like everybody else in Indiana, and all of a sudden stuff...”
– Kurt Vonnegut. I feel his pain.
“Hip hop has done more for race relations than any other force in history besides...”
– Jay-Z
“It’s about getting out of the way and tucking yourself in without...”
– Jay-Z, on Flow
Creepy. →
Creepy.
“When I think everything is perfect I think I’m going to be sick. Without...”
– Junto Thomas, fish-carving guru at La Bernadin
“Do good with a vengeance.”
– Nike Better World
“People don’t buy what you sell, they buy why you sell it.”
– Simon Sinek
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