"People need their history like they need air and food."

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Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 26, 2005.

Randall Robinson

#Air Quotes #People Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I heard, one of my producers told me this story where like the Hollywood studios brought all these high-end consultants in to try to figure out how to improve their process and make films more efficiently, and these consultants like studied the process for years and finally came up with this report they put together about how studios can improve the efficiency of their process, and the conclusion was "have the script ready by the time you're shooting.”
“Architecture falls between art and airports. It's pragmatic-it helps you get from point A to point B. But it also works as art. It makes you think twice. It inspires you. It brings you back to yourself.”
“Where there is little risk, there is little reward.”
“The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don't understand something”

Source : Richard Saul Wurman (2009). “33: understanding change & the change in understanding”
“Destroying green belt agricultural land for immediate economic gain is like burning your children's inheritance to cook a single meal”
“Because what's the point of something virtual if it doesn't end up being real?”
“How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.”
“We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time...”

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