notes to self

Lykke Li “I’m Good, I’m Gone” (via nestlann)
I’ve been to 22 of these things, and every year they get more and more irrelevant. 90% of the people are just here for the free booze and food. This thing used to be full of smart people. People who knew how the world worked. Now it’s just a bunch of rich suits patting themselves on the back ‘cause one of their interns had an idea that got big on YouTube. Cannes Report: Day 1: Creative Beef (via didyouevernotice)
3 types of people
John Fashanu
Press on: Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world if full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Press on! An anonymous quotation that used to hang above the desk of Ray Kroc, the founder of MacDonald’s