February 2012
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January 2012
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“There is hardly anything in the world that someone cannot make a little worse...”
– (via bostonroll)
The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude. No big laboratory is needed in which to think. Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born. That is why many of the earthly miracles have had their genesis in humble surroundings.
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“Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me … they live in their heads. They’re almost like artists. In fact, the very best of them are artists. And artists work best alone …. I’m going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is: Work alone… Not on a committee. Not on a team.”
-Steve Wozniak from NYT - The Rise of The New Groupthink
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December 2011
19 posts
Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
“They’re all goin’ over to the goddam draft board,” he said. “We’re gonna fight the Eskimos next. Know that?”
“The who?” said Ginnie.
“The Eskimos…Open your ears, for Chrissake.”
“Why the Eskimos?”
“I don’t know why. How the hell should I know why? This time all the old guys’re gonna...
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principlesofstyle asked: Hey man, I really like your blog, where are you from? Just asking because I saw your post about New Hampshire, and I'm from Maine...
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“ninety percent of everything is crap.”
– Sturgeon’s Law (via youmightfindyourself)
November 2011
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