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Mélanie Berliet

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“American Green Inc., a maker of cannabis products, is taking an unusual step to attract new customers as it capitalizes on California legalizing marijuana: It’s buying an entire town. The company has acquired the tiny burg of Nipton, California, for about $5 million and plans to invest as much as $2.5 million over the next 18 months to create a pot-friendly tourist destination. The purchase includes 120 acres of land with a general store, a hotel, a school building and mineral baths.”
— Jenny Kaplan, Cannabis Grower Buys California Town to Build Pot-Friendly Outpost
Tagged: Real Estate, The Green Rush, California
“The tendency to forgive and forget the actions of male celebrities moves beyond their industry and to the public, which somehow experiences a frequent collective amnesia when it comes to their favorite entertainer’s (sometimes criminal) actions.”
— Madeleine Davies, Why Won't the Public Turn Their Backs on the Powerful Men of Entertainment?
Tagged: Celebrities
“Go Republican Senators, Go! Get there after waiting for 7 years. Give America great healthcare!”
— Donald Trump
Tagged: Politics
“Business is looking better than ever with business enthusiasm at record levels. Stock Market at an all-time high. That doesn't just happen!”
— Donald Trump
Tagged: Business, Trump Presidency
“For all the progress made, it seems like almost all important questions in AI remain unanswered. Many have not even been properly asked yet.”
— François Chollet
Tagged: Artificial intelligence, Asking The Right Questions
“It’s psychologically far easier to declutter your home if you first take a photo of anything to which you’re emotionally attached. People are readier to part with such items when they know they can trigger the same old feelings by consulting the picture later.”
— Oliver Burkeman, Actually, we can buy happiness
Tagged: Declutter, Get Rid Of Things, Organization
“A pessimist is always alone. An optimist is always two people away from a threesome.”
— Barriola10, A pessimist is always alone. An optimist is always two people away from a threesome. • r/Showerthoughts
Tagged: Orgy, sexuality, Sex Party, Sex With More Than Two People
“You have to take the plunge. It’s easy to talk about the process, but it’s a confrontation. You’re confronting a blank page. It’s like drawing. You stare at a blank canvas and it goes from itself. You can call it a process, but you’re studying where this inspiration comes from. I don’t even have a specific time I write.”
— Sam Shepard, Interview at Cherry Lane Theater in NYC
Tagged: Writing & Expression, Writing Processes, Against Routine, Jump Into It!, Writing
“I’m not interested in borders so much as I like putting things together.”
— Sam Shepard, Interview at Cherry Lane Theater in NYC
Tagged: Connecting, Openness
“The stories my characters tell are stories that are always unfinished, always imagistic —having to do with recalling experiences through a certain kind of vision.”
— Sam Shepard, Myths, Dreams, Realities- Sam Shepard's America
Tagged: Writing Plays