"I've had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I've often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head."
-Brian Eno
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"When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks.'“
-Brian Eno
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