"I have always accepted and respected all other schools of architecture, from the chill and elemental structures of Mies van der Rohe to the imagination and delirium of Gaudi. I must design what pleases me in a way that is naturally linked to my roots and the country of my origin."

-- Oscar Niemeyer

#Country Quotes #School Quotes #Roots Quotes

“Black History Month is in the shortest month of the year, and the coldest-just in case we want to have a parade”
“Among those today who believe that modern poetry must do without rhyme or metre, there is an assumption that the alternative to free verse is a crash course in villanelles, sestinas and other such fixed forms. But most...are rare in English poetry. Few poets have written a villanelle worth reading, or indeed regret not having done so.”
“I subscribe to no religion. But I believe that in the creation of art, there can be moments of God.”
“In this nation, the greatest of all nations, there are no second-class families. That is our great American conviction.”
“It was only later that I suffocated under the weight of his arguments, and his darker thoughts articulated. It was only later that our tongues produced landslides, that we become caught in the cracks between what we said and what we meant, until we could not find each other, did not trust the words in our own mouths.”

Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.152, Pan Macmillan
“And if the liberal media and political community cannot accept that sometimes the wrong people get killed in war, then I can only suggest they first grow up and then serve a short stint up in the Hindu Kush.”
“Sexy, no alcoholic, but she drink like a toilet. Told her do me a favor and put your mouth on this faucet.”

Source : Song: What I Do
“Treat every piece of advice as a gift or a compliment and simply say, â€œThank you.”

Source : Marshall Goldsmith (2008). “What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful”, p.118, Profile Books

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