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I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us. ↗

— David Eagleman

#against #backdrop #being #being human #complexities

There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science. ↗

— David Eagleman

#boring things #finite number #infinite #infinite number #number

There's an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#boy #growing #growing up #having #listen

Stepping up a gear during any race is not an easy thing to do. ↗

— Michael East

#during #easy #easy thing #gear #race

I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#constantly #i #i think #job #learn

I got a feeling that when I have kids, I'm going to have a little girl, and she's going to be completely sensible. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#feeling #girl #going #got #i

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#bit #could #discovered #get #heard

I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#artist #artists #because #best #dislike

My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#comes #father #gentleness #how #i

New York has always had a love for Southern artists. There's no place else that makes me feel like the city does. I just love the immediate nature of the city, you can get whatever you want whenever you want it and do whatever you want whenever you want to. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#artists #city #does #else #feel