I coined a word the other day, but I forgot what it was. It was a good one, … - Michael Nesmith

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Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy.

Michael Nesmith

I coined a word the other day, but I forgot what it was. It was a good one, it came to me in a dream.

Came, Dream, Good, Good Day, Word

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You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number three, ever.

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The only people who steal are thieves, and that's a very small percentage of civilization. Most people want to have some way to make the economic transaction valid. They want to return the favor, if you will. . . return the benefit and reciprocate.

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I'm not performing now. What I do now is listen to music all day long. Listening is very nourishing to me. I might go back to perform, I might make another record. I've got a record half finished.

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People recognize intellectual property the same way they recognize real estate. People understand what property is. But it's a new kind of property, and so the understanding uses new control surfaces. It uses a new way of defining the property.

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It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things.

Frame, Important, Shape, Shapes, Things, Way

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