“Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
January 2012
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“What he has is talent, Darling. Scope-of-Mind. He plants a tree, and when he plants it he sees, he is trying to see what comes of his action in a thousand years. A thousand years. D’you know? He’s thinking of the Happiness of Man. When you find such beautiful people…they must be loved.”
—Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov
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YEAR OF THE DRAGON
“My mother always told me, even if a song has been done a thousand times, you can still bring something of your own to it. I’d like to think I did that.”
—Etta James, Rest in Peace.
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“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life’s about creating yourself.”
—George Bernard Shaw
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“Andi (Andrea Kristinsdottir to her parent) has put together a version of the song that gradually builds to a spectacular synth-and-vocals wall of sound”
—Cover Me Songs (on ‘Edge of Glory cover)