"For a finite-size system to persist in time (to live), it must evolve in such a way that it provides easier access to the imposed currents that flow through it."

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Source : Donald A. Nield, Adrian Bejan (2012). “Convection in Porous Media”, p.135, Springer Science & Business Media

Adrian Bejan

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“In the Islamic Republic the rights of the religious minorities are respectfully regarded.”

Source : Interview for Austrian television in Paris (November 6, 1978), as quoted in "Democracy? I meant theocracy - The most truthful individual in recent history" by Dr. Jalal Matini and Farhad Mafie in "The Iranian", August 5, 2003.
“The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who "disappeared". That's what the candle is for”
“I was never honest. My father died, and I had never said to him, 'I'm gay.' I knew what I was, but I had to pretend not to be that to avoid the beatings.”
“A puck is a hard rubber disk that hockey players strike when they can't hit one another.”
“When the conspiracy of lies surrounding me demands of me to silence the one word of truth given to me, that word becomes the one word I wish to utter above all others.”
“If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.”
“Communists liked history very much. It just had to be the right history. They liked to remember it selectively.”

Source : Victoria Finlay (2006). “Jewels: A Secret History”, p.34, Ballantine Books
“You know all my life I've hated funerals. The fuss and bother never brings anybody back. It just spoils remembering them as they really are. And when I see people actually facing it that way, I have to act like a sap.”

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