- Nov 07, 2020
Live Quotes
Different ways of living, side by side.
This collection uses "live" as its thread but covers unusually varied ground — from reflections on how long humanity might last, to observations about wealth and poverty coexisting closely in Mexico. For quotes on love and connection, see Love quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Promises
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- Nov 07, 2020
The age of the rock star was coterminous with rock n' roll, which, in spite of all the promises made in some memorable songs, proved to be as finite as the era of ragtime or big bands. The rock era is over. We now live in a hip-hop world.
- Daily Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
History is written by the victors. The victors in daily life tend to be those who live longest.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
A gap in tone is opening up between podcasts and broadcast radio. The people who produce the former know their listeners have given them permission to go deep into their subject. The people who do the latter live in fear they've already gone too far.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it.
- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way.
- Mature
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mature Anthropocene begins when we acquire the ability to live sustainably and become a lasting presence on this world.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once we become a multiplanet species, our chances to live long and prosper will take a huge leap skyward.
- Falter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise of their first successful book, that the next book never pleases the way the prior one did. It simply increased my sense of being challenged.
- Drought
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in a world of strange priorities, where Kim Kardashian buying a Lamborghini creates international headlines, but children in Niger suffering from drought and children in Britain suffering from leukaemia go unnoticed.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020