May 2013
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“If the future is to remain open and free, we need people who can tolerate the...”
– Margaret Mead
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“Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad of...”
– David Mamet
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R.I.P. Lamborghini design, 1963-2013
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“Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably...”
– Stephen Fry (via coooode)
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“If you want people to applaud what you do, then my advice is to join the circus....”
– Kate McClymont - Sydney Morning Herald
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“In its favour, if Google Glass didn’t exist, all these Silicon Valley guys would...”
– (via whitemenwearinggoogleglass)
April 2013
25 posts
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Sketchagram →
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At Least 3 Things Wrong With The Guardian's Recent...
1. Starck: “I have always drawn and always been good at it.”
Actually no you draw like a 5 year-old:

2. Starck: “My thing is replacement. You propose an object. If it’s right, it works and the previous object vanishes. ”
Actually no it’s called a landfill.
3. Starck: “I have no idea how much money I earn. It’s not because I’ve lost track, I just never knew….earning money doesn’t stop me...
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Design Glossary (work in progress)
Collaborate: “I don’t have the skills to do this on my own nor can I pay for it, so let’s collaborate.”
Brainstorm: An opiate-like feel good love-in where there are no stupid ideas, except for the stupid ones. Also a gateway drug to “collaborations”.
Design: An additive that increases sales. eg - “We need to add some design to this”
Eco: see “Green”
Green: see “Sustainable”
Sustainable: see...
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“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a...”
– Deepak Chopra (via needtogetcloser)
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“I am again at the bottom of an unstoppable wheel, and when I feel my eyes close...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
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“The way of the warrior has been misunderstood as a means to kill and destroy...”
– Morihei Ueshiba
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Impossible Story →
It took me many months to write this. My life would not be what it is without Imre Molnar. Friend, leader, and inspiration to many. I hope my small part of his story does some justice to his legacy.
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“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would...”
– Emerson (via cathora)
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“Follow your inner moonlight.”
– Allen Ginsberg (via mijamotek)
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“And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to...”
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Air Pollution Linked to 1.2 Million Premature...
When people get into debates about climate change and it’s causes this is the kind of thing I cite, because whether you believe in it or not it doesn’t make excessive pollution, contamination, death and illness any less real.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/world/asia/air-pollution-linked-to-1-2-million-deaths-in-china.html?src=rec&recp=5&_r=0
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“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old,...”
– Socrates
March 2013
22 posts
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Listen
“Just don’t seek from others,
Or you’ll be far estranged from Self....”
– Dongshan Liangjie
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Website update
www.leonfitzpatrick.com
A little bit of a long time coming, but just added some info about what I’ve been doing for the past year
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“I’m not sure what worries me more
The fact that i’m talking to a...”
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Though we can pass life events off as being coincidental, circumstantial, or random we choose our own paths - but we don’t choose them alone. We never really do anything alone though it so often seems that way. The illusion of the self-made man places ego in the way of appreciating this fact. We choose what to believe in, what to make a part of ourselves and what we want to pass on to others, but...
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“The revolution will be industrial!
Well, charged like the Battle of Beersheba...”
– The Herd - Emergency
