"The genius of America may be that it has built "the fall of Rome" into its very makeup: it is very consciously a constant work in progress, designed to accommodate and build on revolutionary change."

-- Cullen Murphy

#Fall Quotes #Makeup Quotes #Rome Quotes

“I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.”
“I asked my publisher what would happen if he sold all the copies of my book he'd printed. He said 'I'll just print another ten'.”
“We consume luxury. We participate in the image industry in a meaningful way, and we have a look and a background that should be taken on its own terms.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“In terms of fiction, there are a number of writers who are thinking about the future of the environment whose work complements mine. Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312 is a great example, as is Tobias Buckell's novel Arctic Rising.”
“The main thesis of mind-physics holds that consciousness and matter are both manifestations of a more primary entity, and that the processes of manifestation exhibit equivalent invariances for both consciousness and matter. When the program for mind-physics is complete the subject-object dichotomy of modal logic, the polarity of concept-percept, and the antagonism between morality and technology will all come to an end. Then the non-repeatable experiment will be understood to be more primary than the traditional repeatable experiment.”
“As a child, I always enjoyed building forts by stringing up bed sheets and clothes. I continue to be inspired by makeshift structures, including my own kids' forts and temporary architecture of all sorts.”
“Personally I find there is just as much if not more creativity among game makers as there is among feature filmmakers.”

Source : The IGN Interview, www.ign.com. August 11, 2011.
“No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights on the final goal, to win, win, win-and with more love and passion than the world has ever witnessed in any performance.”

Source : FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Apr 20, 2010

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