"I try to make my things aesthetically pleasing; but, if it isnâ€™t functional, people will â€˜ooâ€™ and â€˜aahâ€™ over it in an exhibit but they wonâ€™t buy it. â€¦ My feeling is a chair has to be functional and comfortable for tall and short alike."

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Sam Maloof

#People Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Trying Quotes

“...quantum mechanicsâ€”the physics of our worldâ€”requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance.”
“Matter is a term contrary to soul. But nonsoul is its contradictory. Whatever is not soul is nonsoul.”

Source : Virchand Raghavji Gandhi (1993). “Religion and Philosophy of the Jainas”
“I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are.”
“My time in the Obama administration turned out to be a deeply disillusioning experience.”
“It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.”
“The perfect guy is not the one who has the most money or the most handsome one you'll meet. He is the one who knows how to make you smile and will take care of you each and everyday until the end of time.”
“The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?”

Source : Rose Macaulay (2011). “Personal Pleasures”, p.5, A&C Black
“Thereâ€™s so much I canâ€™t read because I get so exasperated. Someone starts describing the character boarding the plane and pulling the seat back. And I just want to say, Babe, I have been downtown. I have been up in a plane. Give me some credit.”

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