"I can only control what I can control."

-- Ira Glass

“I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.”

Source : "Architect of optimism". Interview with Angel Gurria-Quintana, www.ft.com. April 13, 2007.
“Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training.”

Source : Melissa Gilbert (2009). “Prairie Tale: A Memoir”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
“The Tories win elections when they lead on economic competence.”
“Imagination is but another name for super intelligence.”

Source : Edgar Rice Burroughs (2015). “Jungle Tales of Tarzan: Mystery & Adventure Story”, p.62, 谷月社
“Stick to a task 'til it sticks to you. . .for beginners are many, but finishers few.”
“Euripides was wont to say, silence was an answer to a wise man; but we seem to have greater occasion for it in our dealing with fools and unreasonable persons; for men of breeding and sense will be satisfied with reason and fair words.”
“I have started smiling! I've mastered this smirk; it's a smile that isn't a smile.”
“The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.”

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