"Tossed into the Secaucus graveyard are about 25 centuries of classical culture and the standards of style, elegance and grandeur that it gave to the dreams and constructions of Western man. That turns the Jersey wasteland into a pretty classy dump."

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Ada Louise Huxtable

#Dream Quotes #Men Quotes #Style Quotes

“I came to declare that I am a friend to Arabs, at a time when it is not easy to be friend to Arabs, because nowadays those who have ambitions and interests would not befriend Arab.”
“The efficient use of energy is as much an issue for Saudi Arabia, with its huge natural resources, as it is for all countries. Increased efficiency makes sense environmentally, but also economically.”
“Take something ordinary and elevate it to something extraordinary.”
“The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.”
“God must have a weird sense of values, and if there's a Judgment Day, as some folks think, He's going to have a lot to answer for.”
“I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.”
“There is something about the unexpected that moves us. As if the whole of existence is paid for in some way, except for that one moment, which is free.”

Source : Rose Tremain (1995). “Sacred Country”, p.232, Simon and Schuster
“The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision.”

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