"There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature."

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Source : FaceBook post by Ayelet Waldman from Apr 27, 2010

Ayelet Waldman

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“All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.”
“I've done nothing I'm ashamed of. Nothing I couldn't face God with. I wouldn't kill a bug.”
“I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.”
“I like comedy but I guess I don't think [my art] is that funny, either. It's too dark and a bit weird in places to be genuinely, uniformly hilarious and function as comedy.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Grid systems in graphic design”

Source : Josef Müller-Brockmann (1995). “Josef Müller-Brockmann, designer: a pioneer of Swiss graphic design”, Princeton Architectural Press
“As an artist, you are always striving toward an ultimate achievement but never seem to reach it.Â You shoot a film, and the result could have always been better. You try again, and fail once more. In some ways I find it enjoyable. You never lose sight of your goal. I donâ€™t do my job to make money or to break box office records, I simply try things out. What would happen if I were to achieve perfection at some point? What would I do then?”
“The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.”

Source : Paul Feyerabend, Paul K. Feyerabend (1987). “Farewell to Reason”, p.316, Verso
“My body may have been abused, but it certainly hasn't been neglected.”

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