"â€¦and there, in the background, the skyâ€™s sediment had sunk to a place where all the woe of the words â€˜I amâ€™ dissolved into blue peace. He said it. â€˜The ocean."

-- David Mitchell

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“Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.”
“Forget yourself and get to work.”
“In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language.”

Source : Peter Zumthor (1999). “Architektur denken”
“Count your blessings for selfish reasons! Psychological studies show that people who are aware of their blessings and feel grateful for them live longer than non-grateful people, have fewer medical problems such as hypertension, earn more and achieve longer marriages.”
“Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.”
“We're talking about everybody's free right to have choice. And so what we're also getting are interesting messages like you really need to obey the command of Allah and put a scarf on your head. And what we caution well-intentioned Americans and others to think about is whether the scarf matches their own values related to issues of honor and shame.”

Source : "The Case Against Wearing Hijab To Support Muslim Women". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. December 22, 2015.
“One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook.”
“I'm more hungry now than I was 11 years ago. Which is great because I see a lot of artists that have been out for a long period of time. They get kind of fat.”

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