"Our modern economy privileges pure profit, momentary transactions and rapid fluidity. Part of craftâ€™s anchoring role is that it helps to objectify experience and also to slow down labor. It is not about quick transactions or easy victories. That slow tempo of craftwork, of taking the time you need to do something well, is profoundly stabilizing to individuals."

-- Richard Sennett

#Victory Quotes #Needs Quotes #Roles Quotes

“Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion”
“How can a world be good in which Money is the moving power, and Self-interest the guiding star?”

Source : H. Rider Haggard (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)”, p.1688, Delphi Classics
“I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!”
“When you're wearing jeans, there's a shift in your center of gravity.”

Source : "Ray Stevenson (Volstag) and Joshua Dallas (Fandril) On Set Interview THOR". Interview on the Set, collider.com. December 10, 2010.
“Why black and white? Because color can be too demanding.”
“Its flattering that there are lots of Internet fan sites about me. Im a bit of a technophobe and I dont even own a laptop, but its probably a good thing Im not logged on, checking up on what everyone is saying about me.”
“Buddha, much like everyone else has good and bad days.”
“My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And, you know, he had a very good life. He came to America and he had a good life.”

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