"Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge."

-- Vikas Swarup

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“It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.”
“We cannot justify ourselves in living by that particular part of the word that appeals to us, the part that we desire to obey, but must be willing to. . . live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”
“Today, we see ISIS dwindling. We see that terrorist organization, with all their bravado, losing their territory and going back from a proto-state to an underground terrorist organization.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“We can begin the restructuring of thought by declaring legitimate what we have denied for so long. Lets us declare Nature to be legitimate. The notion of illegal plants is obnoxious and ridiculous in the first place.”
“If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case. If a great designer did a first-rate standard, that model should be followed. Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.”
“of rhythm is image / of image is knowing / of knowing there is / a construct”

Source : Charles Olson (1997). “Collected Prose”, p.124, Univ of California Press
“Ripe old age, cheerful, useful, and understanding, is one of the finest influences in the world.”
“The upside to smoking is that you get to be social. I was looking for a light when I bumped into Ben Harper's manager. A couple of days later, Ben and I were in the studio.”

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