. . . every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures.
People call to keep me abreast of what's going on.
So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music.
You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all.
It took me a long time to reach the decision to retire, actually, from the Art Ensemble. But it seemed more important to me to share the vitality of Aikido and the vitality of Zen training with people, even though it would be a smaller number of people, it seemed to give them something that could last and improve their lives.
In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice of Aikido.
Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.
You are only a prisoner when you surrender.
Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.
He picked the wrong profession. Should've stayed a prostitute. He'd have made millions. - Cat
Scientists have no agreed theory of the origin of life - plenty of scenarios, conjectures and just-so stories, but nothing with solid experimental support.