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Brian Eno

I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.
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Computer Thinking Way
Be the first to not do what nobody has ever thought of not doing before.
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Doing Firsts Nobody
One often makes music to supplement one’s world.
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Creativity Supplement World
I hate the way CDs just drone on for bloody hours and you stop caring.
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Bloddy Caring Hate
Something I’ve realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we’re smart about it.
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Human Self Smart Thinking
The idea that something is uncool because it’s old or foreign has left the collective consciousness.
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Consciousness Ideas Uncool
I don’t live in the past at all; I’m always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.
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Life Mind Past Singular
Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You’re glad someone’s done it but you don’t necessarily want to listen to it.
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Avant Done Garde Research
Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.
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Action Demand Reality
Well, there are some things that I just can’t get out of my head, and they start to annoy me after a while.
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Bugs Ears People
A big ego isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you’re prepared to take the risk of trying them out.
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Ego Mean Risk
I do sometimes look back at things I’ve written in the past, and think, ‘I just don’t remember being the person who wrote that.’
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Looks Past Thinking
When I’ve finally got the title, I think, “Okay, yes, now I know where we are. Now I know what it is. Fine, that must be finished or nearly finished.
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Fine Thinking Titles
Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren’t susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place.
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Evaluation Feelings Ideas
It’s amazing how quickly people get used to bad quality.
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Bad People Qualities Quality
When you look back on a historical period of music, it seems so obvious to you what the characteristics of it are, but they’re not obvious at the time. So, when I look back at my own work.
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Historical Looks Writing

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