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“Therein lies the rub of a place like Berkeley Bowl. You get seduced by an 11-pound apple that turns out to be a fake watermelon with an anus.”

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Jad Abumrad

Jad Abumrad is a renowned radio host, musician, writer, and producer, known for his distinctive voice and innovative approach to program production. He is particularly celebrated for his work on the NPR program 'Radiolab.' Born on April 18, 1973, Abumrad's career spans multiple domains, including music and broadcasting. more

“For some reason, that I can’t really explain, at the beginning of Radiolab, it always felt like life or death. Even though it was just a radio show. Even though no one was listening. And I am not quite sure why… but it may have to do with that radical uncertainty you feel when you are trying to work without a template.”

Feels Trying May I Can Reason Shows Felt Listening Radio Radical Uncertainty Life Or Death

Author:Jad Abumrad

“I've always found that word ["hipster"] is used with such disdain, like it's always used by chubby bloggers who aren't getting laid anymore and are bored, and they're just so mad at these young kids for going out and getting wasted and having fun and being fashionable.”

Kids Young Used Found Fun Mad Bored Having Fun Going Out Fashionable Disdain Hipster Bloggers Getting Laid

Author:Gavin McInnes

“You sell more when you stop selling.”

Sells Selling

Book:The New Rules of Sales and Service: How to Use Agile Selling, Real-Time Customer Engagement, Big Data, Content, and Storytelling to Grow Your Business

Source: The New Rules of Sales and Service: How to Use Agile Selling, Real-Time Customer Engagement, Big Data, Content, and Storytelling to Grow Your Business

“On the web, you are what you publish.”

Publish

Author:David Meerman Scott

“As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.”

Feels May Values Games Careers Written Honest Poet Permanent Poetry Is Messed Up Mug

Author:T. S. Eliot

“Civilisation has, indeed, become a slaughtering-car crowned by a grinning effigy of Comfort, before which man blindly and voluntarily hurls himself in his own ignorance.”

Men Car Ignorance Comfort Civilisation Grinning

Author:Eugen Sandow

“Health is a divine gift, and the care of the body is a sacred duty, to neglect which is to sin.”

Body Care Sin Divine Duty Sacred Neglect

Author:Eugen Sandow