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Once you've grown to accept something and it becomes part of the system you've inherited, you don't even notice it any longer. ↗

— Brian Eno

#any #becomes #even #grown #inherited

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

#better #generate #having #interesting #interesting things

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

#been #case #few #i #i can

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

#almost #am #build #capable #future

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the rock. ↗

— David R. Brower

#into #pumped #rock #solid #spread

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

#any #bear #blossom #bunch #created

Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is being destroyed. ↗

— Edward Bond

#conversely #destroyed #drama #helping #might

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

— Edward Bond

#consumerism #convenience #democracy #democratic #domestic

When humanness is lost the radical difference between the bodies in the pit and people walking on the street is lost. ↗

— Edward Bond

#bodies #difference #humanness #lost #people

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

#behind #demand #education #energy #got