Modello IV. Società orizzontale-individualista, postrivoluzionaria (attualmente non esistono esempi). L’ accento sarà posto sull’ uguaglianza e su quanto differenzia gli uni dagli altri; si tenderà all’ autorealizzazione, ma non a spese della autorealizzazione altrui; dovrà cioè trattarsi di un’ autorealizzazione che nello stesso tempo concorra alla realizzazione degli altri soggetti.
I leave the
house, hoping (and
fearing) something’s changed
The thing from the agency said, “We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah-blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional”, this whole list of adjectives, and then, at the bottom, it said: “and it must be 3¼ seconds long”.
To become a knight from riding your bike, it’s mad.
It’s easier to be faithful to a restaurant than it is to a woman.
Everyone has heard “Girl From Ipanema”; it’s one of the most popular songs in the world, after “Happy Birthday,” “Yesterday,” and “White Christmas.” It has become a bit of a lounge cliché, but try playing it using the original Jobim chords — it’ll kick your ass.
Buy only practical furniture and never buy decorative “pieces”.
In one strip, he is trying to wheedle Lucy into reading a story to him. Exasperated, she grabs a book at random from the shelf - “A man was born, he lived and he died. The End!” she says and tosses the book aside. Linus picks it up reverently. “What a fascinating account,” he says. “It almost makes you wish you had known the fellow.”
Gilbert and George reiterated their manifesto from 1969, the “Laws of Sculptors”, which includes the rules: “Always be smartly dressed, well groomed, relaxed and friendly, polite and in complete control”; “Make the world to believe in you and to pay heavily for this privilege”; “Never worry, assess, discuss or criticise, but remain quiet, respectful and calm”; and, “The Lord chisels still, so don’t leave your bench for long”. “Ban religion,” they added for good measure.