"I learned to play the piano on my mother's knee - that was before we got a piano."

-- Victor Borge

#Mother Quotes #Piano Quotes #Play Quotes

“Most of the time, we live our lives within these invisible systems, blissfully unaware of the artificial life, the intensely designed infrastructures that support them.”

Source : Bruce Mau, Jennifer Leonard, Institute without Boundaries (2004). “Massive change”, Phaidon Press
“There is a purpose in life--to raise men nearer to the likeness of God. Whoever seeks that ideal, daily, finds joy; and in no other way can true joy be found.”
“It's so nice to be a spoke in the wheel, one that helps to turn, not one that hinders.”

Source : Gertrude Bell (2014). “The Letters of Gertrude Bell”, p.1761, eStar Books
“I've always been monogamous - [within it] I've been in love with people, but very platonically. For me, monogamous love is about learning how to be able to trust someone completely; so you need to be able to think you can trust them. But that doesn't mean you can't have extraordinary feelings for other people and not feel guilty about them, but not necessarily go and wreck marriages and consummate, and you don't have to do all that.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Opinion-sharing sessions are like junk food: they fill you up with starch and leave you feeling both sated and hungry. A sustained inquiry into the truth of a matter is an almost athletic experience; it may exhaust you, but it also improves you.”

Source : Stanley Fish (2012). “Save the World on Your Own Time”, p.35, Oxford University Press
“I filled my head with thoughts of the future, of infinite possibly. There's someone out there who will one day find me and fall in love with me and prove that all this waiting actually meant something....”
“Our 1 million members across the country will be watching closely to see if the video game industry hides behind a First Amendment veil in order to exploit children for the sake of corporate profit.”
“Happy is the house that shelters a friend.”

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