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“Those who are in love with the present can be cruel and corrupt but not genuinely vicious. They cannot be methodically and consistently ruthless.”
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“Parks are idealizations of nature, but nature in fact is not a condition of the ideal.”
Source : Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.155, Univ of California Press
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“If you keep your cool, you'll get everything.”
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“College graduates work in every sector of the American economy, and the research engines incubated within our universities generate a wealth of ideas and innovations that have an enormous impact on our lives.”
Source : "The Promise of American Higher Education" by E. Gordon Gee, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2012.
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“It's hard to look pleasant when anguish is present, and yet it is strictly worth while; Not all of your scowling and fussing and growling can show off your grit like a smile.”
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“The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.”
Source : "The Economist" Interview, www.economist.com. March 31, 2010.
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“What keeps me interested--and it always does--is how can she be a bad actress on film but a good one in reality?”
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“You know, I never felt like I was young at the time and obviosly having Mia was absolutely planned. It's only know when I meet people who are my age and single, [with] no kids, that I reflect and say, 'Bloody hell? I really have leaved at a fast pace.'”