RP

What could be my mother be

to yours? What kin is my father

to yours anyway? And how

did you and I meet ever?

But in love our hearts are as red

earth and pouring rain:

mingled

beyond parting.

(A. K. Ramanujan translation)

Don’t Adopt My Prejudices. Develop Your Own.

The son of a jazz musician who mostly performed solo, Wynton Marsalis grew up wanting to be like his dad. When Marsalis was 12, some local musicians invited him to join their band. “I didn’t want to join the band,” Marsalis said. “At the time, I just wanted to play jazz like my dad. But my dad was the... See more

• About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.

• No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are.

• Dont ever work for someone you dont want to become.

• Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.

• Dont keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.

• If you stop to listen

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“But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you.”