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Once I met a nice older guy. Originating from Alicante, he was a seasoned connoisseur of ladies. “It’s much simpler with the ladies than you think! They are after only one thing!” – “And what’s that?” I asked, curious as a child. “Everything!” he answered with absolute conviction.
Get everything by listening to Benji Podcast.
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Madara Bruģe | Once In a Library
“You talk about books so much. Where is it that you work?” — “I’m a librarian.” — “Get out!” That’s about how my conversations go with people I’ve just met. Now I have a new hobby — people watching.
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Aleksis Daume | The Not-So-Young Pope
I met Aleksis at some corporate event that both of us were invited to speak at. After the event I went over to meet him, and Aleksis handed me a business card. Black, with the inscription, “My boss is a Jewish carpenter”.
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Vilhelms Purvītis | The Frozen Monet
How could they possibly understand what a Purvītis landscape means, unless they have stood for an hour looking at a birch grove or watched the icicles fall from the roof one by one?
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Rvīns Varde | From October to December
When someone asks what I do, it takes me a moment to formulate a response. I think everyone should ask him or herself, “What do I want?” And answer honestly, so as not to waste time. That is precisely what I do. I just live.
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Jāzeps Garančs | They Like My Voice
Just like a teenager who is afraid to miss something important, Jāzeps would not part from his mobile phone. He keeps it in a purse on the belt, where it occasionally rings. Callers are women.
Life that
you can read.
Benji Knewman is a man, around 42 years old. He’s trying to be genuine, and it seems he sometimes manages. Just like his grandfather who used to say: “Ben, how you spend your day is how you spend your life!” Currently Benji Knewman is more everywhere than anywhere. Mostly on the road. He’s still in search of his own perfect day. While looking for it, he curates a biannual bookazine telling stories about people who don’t pretend and who can simply be. Covering a myriad of vocations and lifestyles, as well as geographical locations, they’re living proof that you don’t have to be conventional to have a good life.
In the end, everything is going to be great.