“Even though I can not go backwards and create a brand new start…

I CAN start from now and create a brand new ending!

How wonderful to be given another chance by default…”

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“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. ”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

“To create something that's genuinely new, you have to start again, and I think with great intent, you disconnect from the past.”

Jonathan Ive (1967) English designer and VP of Design at Apple

Ive (2012) cited in: " Without Steve Jobs, Has Apple Lost its Mojo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFY_vJV4I6A", TODAY Online, Jun. 12, 2012: About the new MacBook Pro in its introduction video

“She starts research in new paths, enriches our knowledge with new discoveries, creates new sciences.”

Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921) Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, scientist, revolutionary, economist, activist, geogr…

Anarchist Morality http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_Archives/kropotkin/AM/anarchist_moralitytc.html (1890) Context: The history of human thought recalls the swinging of a pendulum which takes centuries to swing. After a long period of slumber comes a moment of awakening. Then thought frees herself from the chains with which those interested — rulers, lawyers, clerics — have carefully enwound her. She shatters the chains. She subjects to severe criticism all that has been taught her, and lays bare the emptiness of the religious political, legal, and social prejudices amid which she has vegetated. She starts research in new paths, enriches our knowledge with new discoveries, creates new sciences. But the inveterate enemies of thought — the government, the lawgiver, and the priest — soon recover from their defeat. By degrees they gather together their scattered forces, and remodel their faith and their code of laws to adapt them to the new needs.

“When I came to Intel, I was scared to death. I left a very secure job where I knew what I was doing and started running R&D for a brand new venture in untried territory. It was terrifying.”

Andrew S. Grove (1936–2016) Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer, and author

1980s - 1990s Source: Andrew Grove (1993), cited in: " Andy Grove, Valley Veteran Who Founded Intel, Dies at 79 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-22/andy-grove-taught-silicon-valley-how-to-do-business-dies-at-79," Bloomberg.com, March 21, 2016

“Well, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, you must tell me, baby
How your head feels under somethin' like that
Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

Compare: "I saw you riding 'round in your brand new automobile/ Yes I saw you ridin' around, babe, in your brand new automobile/ Yes you was sitting there happy with your handsome driver at the wheel/ In your brand new automobile." Lightnin' Hopkins, Automobile Blues.
Song lyrics, Blonde on Blonde (1966), Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

“The new rules of competition require managers to start by asking what's important to their customers and where the company can make new money. Then, they need to reinvent their businesses to create the next profit zones.”

Adrian Slywotzky (1951) American economist

Attributed to Slywotzky and Morrison in: John A. Byrne (1998) " Go where the money is http://www.businessweek.com/1998/04/b3562033.htm" at businessweek.com. Jan. 15, 1998.

“I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable—how we decide what is valuable.”

Ai Weiwei (1957) Chinese concept artist

2010-, Ai Weiwei, interview by Christiane Amanpour, 2010

“Saw you early this morning
With your brand new boy and your Cadillac
Saw you early this morning
With your brand new boy and your Cadillac
You're gone for something
And I know you won't be back”

Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician

Slim Slow Slider
Song lyrics, Astral Weeks (1969)

“Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now.
Come on baby, do the locomotion.
I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now.
Come on baby, do the locomotion.My little baby sister can do it with ease;
It's easier than learning your ABC's.
So come on, come on do the locomotion with me.”

Carole King (1942) Nasa

The Loco-Motion (1962), Co-written with Gerry Goffin, recorded by Little Eva, Grand Funk Railroad, and Kylie Minogue
Song lyrics, Singles

“It is an important moment in the life of our nation, and I suppose above all it is a wonderful moment for a warm and loving couple who have got a brand new baby boy.”

David Cameron (1966) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Remarks on the Royal birth http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10196324/David-Camerons-statement-on-the-royal-birth.html (22 July 2013) 2010s, 2013

“Even though I can not go backwards and create a brand new start…I CAN start from now and create a brand new ending!How wonderful to be given another chance by default…”

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“Even though I can not go backwards and create a brand new start…

I CAN start from now and create a brand new ending!

How wonderful to be given another chance by default…”