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One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better. ↗

— Brian Eno

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People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words. ↗

— Brian Eno

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People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually. ↗

— Brian Eno

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Something I've realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we're smart about it. ↗

— Brian Eno

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No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. ↗

— Epictetus

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The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important. ↗

— Brian Eno

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Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism. ↗

— Edward Bond

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As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. ↗

— Julian Bond

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Laughing brains are more absorbent. ↗

— Alton Brown

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The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences. ↗

— Brian Eno

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