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YO-YO MA

“Sometimes strings break. And when a string breaks at the beginning of the performance, I think I’m in heaven.

After the string breaks, everybody gasps. You go backstage and put on the new string.

And because something untoward has happened, for the rest of the evening, you can do no wrong.”

YO-YO MA

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“An idea is something that won’t work unless you do.” - Thomas A. Edison

“Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect.” There’s a certain levity that comes from things going slightly wrong. Or, put another way, there’s a particular value that comes with imperfection, impermanence and incompleteness: 侘寂

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