Everything that is created begins in the mind
You can't stop things like Bitcoin. [. . . ]. It's like trying to stop gunpowder.
Opinions need a willing ear.
If you own the facts, you may distort them as you like.
You'll see a movie about someone you hate or someone you love. Will you see a movie about grandma making apple pies? No, you won't. Only if grandma has poisoned the neighbor or is suspected of poisoning the neighbor through her apple pies.
History is sympathetic to its authors.
I am looking at opening a school of social engineering. The McAfee School of Social Engineering has a nice ring to it. Beyond that, it is hard to say what life will bring my way.
If you have to do it, you can do it.
Have recourse trustfully to Gods loving kindness and He will not forsake you, for He longs to bestow His graces. Though you may have had the misfortune to offend Him, He is always ready to receive you, provided you return humbly to Him.
Compression is a necessary evil. The artists I know want to sound competitive. You don't want your track to sound quieter or wimpier by comparison. We've raised the bar and you can't really step back.
I was born knowing that I had to be a painter, because my father, an art historian, always presented painting as the only acceptable thing in life.