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Surely? Don't call me Shirley, but yes, I guess it is up to a point, as Schopenhaur said, these two things, fame and wealth, they will kill you, quicker than death, or some such thing and he was a very bitter man at the end. And I was Listening to The End, Doors, this morning as I drove to work...
I like, "And I believe in cats", a satire of that current Fallboy single, also I always replaced, "I wanna be adored", by Stone Roses with "I wanna be your dog", but Iggy actually got there first. Pop will eat itself, but the 3 minute single done well is a modern marvel and NZ does it best, IMHO. -
"It takes a while just to find self. You have a certain courage when you’re young. But the thing is that you haven’t learned, when you’re younger, to accept defeats - like the young boy who constantly loses games of chess and constantly asks ‘Want another game?’. As you get older you get more philosophical about defeats. When you get beaten you actually learn more - and sometimes you wish to be defeated. It’s just a question of getting into the psychological realm".
Philip Trusttum, 1980
I consider myself very fortunate to be able to work and create, with the support of my family, into my 40's now, and for those less sheltered from the fates, I salute them, as you do, with a loving eye, because...There but for the grace of God go I. -
I always love it when pop stars sing about the common people.
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Being a pro surfer means having to go, say and do what you're told, every day while you're under contract and competing in events every week round the globe, often in sloppy 2 foot mush, hotel rooms, jetlag, customs and did I say...
"Either you go out there and surf, or you go over there and fight, you're choice".
Col. Kilgore to sufer kid after napalming entire village. -
Thanks for the quote, this painter (Philip Trusttum) says alot well,
http://www.trusttum.co.nz/comment/quotes.htm
I like this one,I couldn’t care a stuff about the world. Painting keeps me off the streets and I take my brain for a walk…If everybody did that, there wouldn’t be any wars.
Philip Trusttum, 1996
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I should pay you for facilitaing me finding this,
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Go Philip Trusttum, he was unknown to me, now that's what I call doing it. It takes great courage to be fully who you are and leap off the edge of reason into the void of creation. You Mr Riddley have given me some dangerous ideas and I thank you.
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Stick with it. I have lived my whole life around that question and I know what works for me. Plus you must realize where the others are coming from, Simon was an agent in the music business and RB is a journo (to squish it up, they are much more than that but we talking about daily bread), that's cool, they're model is right for them and they do/did it well. I have long ago given up explaining what I do and why I do it, I'm way more into just doing it.
I got my first poem published when I was 5, it was the kiss of death, my first book was published by the first publisher who saw it, it was the kiss of death, my second book was published sight unseen, it was the kiss of death, there were some great reviews, they were the kiss of death. But I survived (like the song, LOL), and I asked myself the question, why do you do this and would you stop if you could?
I know the answers to those questions and that's all that matters, and thanks Carlos..."always use your death as an advisor, because it will never lie to you. -
I'm always waiting for Donald's hair piece to go independant, have it's own show and go sideways on his ass.
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Kids in TV land, you been duped.
Bart Simpson