Sir Richard (Branson).....MISSION ACCOMPLISHED -
September 23, 2006.
Anyone who ever wants to know the story of the meeting (short version, I promise,) just ask. I don't mind telling it again....(Update, I've now met him twice and the next time I hope to ask him for a job!)
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Also would like to meet Anderson Cooper (interesting person and he has a great laugh), Kelly Ripa, Lisa Ling, John Paul DeJoria, Tesla, Dave LaChapelle (if even to have him mentor me on color and the use of light for just an hour.)
Above & Beyond, Armin van Buuren, ATB, Circa Survive, Ferry Corsten, Incubus, Kyau & Albert, Paul van Dyk, The Fall of Troy - Done and they're all I thought they would be and then some. So many others that I've had the great pleasure of meeting who were such a pleasant surprise; you know who you are because I hope I expressed my sense of appreciation and gratitude...
I love to meet congenial people, open-minded people, people with minimal drama (although I'm a good listener), artistic people, people who like music, people who play well with others although people who are also comfortable being by themselves, funny people (people who can easily make fun of themselves), people who are smart but without an ego--those who are "modestly" smart (and don't even know that they are so inspiring)....I'm fortunate and grateful to have so many people in my life who meet this criteria--thank you all for allowing me to know you....
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QUOTES:
We don't want to stand still, that’s for sure....We call it Neo Trance....--Kyau & Albert
The harder you work the luckier you get....
Music is, to me, proof of the existence of God. It is so extraordinarily full of magic and in tough times of my life I can listen to music and it makes such a difference--Kurt Vonnegut in 1 Giant Leap
The trouble with trouble is that it always starts out as fun--unkown
You are the music while the music lasts--T.S. Eliot
Fill your belly with good things;
day and night, night and day, dance and be merry,
feast and rejoice.
Let your clothes be fresh,
bathe yourself in water,
cherish the little child that holds your hand,
and make your wife happy in your embrace;
for this too is the lot of man.--The Epic of Gilgamesh
The universe tends to unfold as it should.--Harold
Think where man's glory most begins and ends,
And say my glory was I had such friends--Yates
Night unnerves us, and surprises us with its strangeness; it frees powers within us which were controlled by reason during the day--Brassai
The reputation you develop for intellectual and ethical integrity will be your greatest asset or your worst enemy. You will be judged by your judgment. ... There is no victory, no advantage, no fee, no favor, which is worth even a blemish on your reputation for intellect and integrity. ... Dents to [your] reputation are irreparable.--Vince Foster
We all have something that digs at us at least we dig each other.--Incubus
If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say that I doubt it; where certain things are concerned, I plan ahead--Luis Bunuel (and taken from a cocktail napkin)
To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. It is to start a new train of events that is beyond your control...--T.S. Eliot (and taken from a cocktail napkin)
Success unshared is failure--John Paul DeJoria
....a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve.--Richard Branson..
And as the hours go flashing by, I'm winding down the windows.
And I know I'm living out of line, but with a blazing smile I'll die....--Above & Beyond
If music be the food of love, play on--Shakespeare
Have a good time all the time--Viv Savage, Spinal Tap