“If we experience any failures or setbacks,
we do not forget them
because they offend our self-esteem.
Instead we reflect on them deeply,
trying to figure out what went wrong
and discern whether there are any
patterns to our mistakes.”
-- Robert Greene, Mastery
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“There are only patterns, patterns on top of patterns, patterns that
affect other patterns.
Patterns hidden by patterns. Patterns within
patterns.
If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself.
What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized.
If you watch close, history does nothing but repeat itself.
What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized.
What we call
random is just patterns we can't decipher.”
-- Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor
“This is the time for every artist in every genre
to do what he or she
does loudly and consistently.
It doesn't matter to me what your position
is.
You've got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of
life,
and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it.”
-- Toni Morrison
