#2330 - Bono
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#2330 - Bono mentions The Master and the Margarita by Bulgakov, The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, and Sam Shepard with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
There's a great book by Bulgakov called The Master and the Margarita.
Once you understand the way broadly, you can see it in all things.
I was reading Sam Shepard, I was reading On the Road, I was reading all these great writers and just opening up my imagination.
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- A second recurring theme is balance in life and strategy.
- Referenced books include The Master and the Margarita by Bulgakov and The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi.
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“There's a great book by Bulgakov called The Master and the Margarita. The devil appears in the rooftops of Moscow and he goes, Oh, this is going to be fun.”
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“Miyamoto Musashi wrote a book on strategy called the book of five rings, which is all about being balanced in everything to be a great warrior.”
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“The speaker mentions reading 'On the Road' among other great writers, which opened up their imagination.”
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“The speaker references reading works by Sam Shepard, contributing to their understanding of America's mythology.”
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“The idea that all disciplines, all art forms, everything, comes together on a point, a kind of convergence.”
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“When we did the book, Surrender book was on Knopf. So they went off to England. Yeah. And they couldn't find it anywhere.”
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“Love be deeper, friendship is more wide from like Chronicles of Narnia. I'll take that too.”
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The host mentions 'On the Road' as part of a broader discussion on the mythology of America and how it has influenced his imagination. He reflects…
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