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Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you - Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones
It's great because even weaknes could be an armor
 
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Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" as a Shakespearean Sonnet.

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^I want one of these in my apartment/house whenever I do move out. Since it does get pretty cold here.

"Failure is always difficult... but it's so important because it gives us such perspective." -Grace Helbig (one awesome comedian, go, check her out now!)
 
"You spend more time in the friend zone than the Phantom Zone" -Alex from Supergirl (the first time I heard this quote I died laughing, the second time too, it's such a great show)
 
"There is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings" - Arthur Rubinstein
 
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture...politics-japan-music-will-change-post-cancer/

Lots of quotes from Ryuichi Sakamoto:

“I could understand Bach, but not noh,” he says with a laugh. “It has a 600-year history — it’s very deep.”

“When I lived in Japan, I only noticed the bad aspects of the country,” he says. “I didn’t really like Japan then, but when I moved overseas I was able to appreciate the good side more. The quality of the craftsmanship, the temples and Japanese gardens. … As I’ve got older, I’ve started to appreciate the precious parts of Japanese culture that you don’t find in other countries.”

“I was telling the Tower Records people in 1996 or 1997: ‘(CD shops) are going to disappear, you need to think about it,’ ” he says. “I thought they’d be able to get in early and make something like what we have with the iTunes Store now, but they couldn’t seem to do it.”

“There are still young people hoping to become professional musicians, but it’s so tough now, they’d be better off giving up,” he says. “I’d tell them to get a different job and play music as a hobby.”

“One of the unfortunate things that’s happened in the three or so years since Abe came to power is that Japanese people are going on about how brilliant Japan is: ‘This is great! This place is amazing!’ There are too many TV programs and campaigns like that, and I’m getting a little sick of it. It’s fine if people from outside the country praise you like that, but to say it yourself — things like ‘Cool Japan’ — I don’t think that’s ‘cool.’ ”

“I’ve been saying this for a long time,” he concludes, “but if you take Sony, which is a company that really represents Japan, and compare it to Akira Kurosawa — just one person — Kurosawa is probably worth more worldwide. A lot of people don’t seem to get that.”

PS, 4'51" clip of Ryuichi Sakamoto and the Tohoku Youth Orchestra (requires flash):
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20160331103534237/
 
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