"Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and often public money."

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Source : John Prebble (1956). “Disaster at Dundee”

John Prebble

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“Labels don't mean much to me one way or another -- except when they close the minds of potential readers. I'd much rather we do away with genres and simply file everything under fiction. I know it can work -- one of my favourite record stores (Waterloo Music in Austin) simply files everything alphabetically and no one seems to have much problem finding what they're looking for.”
“I think we all recognize that one of the problems in American culture is that increasingly, there's no middle ground. That either you're a celebrity writer or a celebrity poet, or else you're nothing.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.”

Source : Gilda Radner (2015). “It's Always Something”, p.254, Simon and Schuster
“Let those that merely talk and never think, That live in the wild anarchy of drink”
“Religion is the centre which unites, and the cement which connects the several parts of members of the political body.”
“Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.”

Source : "Know it all" by Stacy Schiff, www.newyorker.com. July 31, 2006.
“You need a lot of things in any organization, but one of the critical things is trust. When you lose trust and you feel betrayed, and it's not a matter of judgment.”
“I was in Chicago in 1994 and at this time I had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of basketball, Bryon Russell came over to me and said, "Why'd you quit? You know I could guard you." When I did come back in 1995 and we played Utah in '96, I'm at the center circle and Bryon Russell is standing next to me. I said, "You remember what you said in 1994 about, 'I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you?' Well, you're about to get your chance.”

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