December 2009
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“Never having done something before is a bad reason not to do it”
– the McSweeney’s mantra (via 99%)
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“Comedy is the most important thing in the world except for justice.”
– Sigourney Weaver
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“Anybody can make a toaster toast. Very few people can make a toaster something...”
– J Mays
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WatchA wonderfully candid interview with Elke Konig, founder of the adventurous design studio Hort.
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“There are impressive, complicated things going on in our lives these days, but I...”
– Cathy Bailey, creative director and co-owner of Heath Ceramics
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“People who raise their hands deserve to be ahead of people who don’t.”
– Curtis Jackson
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WatchIn the U.S. we are sometimes unaware of the excess all around us. Melissa Kushner, founder and CEO of Goods for Good, is determined to turn this overage into something positive. G4G collects surplus goods (including clothes, shoes, notebooks, pens, backpacks, soccer balls & toothbrushes) from American companies, then ships and distributes them to organizations serving vulnerable children in...
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“People often mistake putting on
a crappy suit with a shirt and tie
for being...”
– J Mays
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Maserati / ‘Monoliths’ / from Passages
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“If you’re going to kill a tree, then
you ought to honor it and show off...”
– architect James Cutler
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“Life is such a grand adventure. Why waste it doing something you dislike?”
– Skip Yowell
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“People don’t need 400 cereals. It’s all the same crap in different...”
– Sam Mogannam, owner of Bi-Rite Market, on the good sense shown by small, local grocery stores
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“We’re not just looking for a practical solution; we’re looking for...”
– Bryan Bell, founder and executive director of Design Corps
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“Ambition is something that should be quietly applied.”
– Emily Blunt
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“What other job can you have where, when you’re done, people clap for you?”
– Thao Nguyen