"The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells. The result is millions of flexible combinations in which one never encounters the stereotyped."

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Source : Alvar Aalto, J. Stewart Johnson (1984). “Alvar Aalto, Furniture and Glass: Exhibition the Museum of Modern Art, New York”

Alvar Aalto

#Cells Quotes #Encounters Quotes #Connections Quotes

“The past is necessarily inferior to the future. That is how we wish it to be. How could we acknowledge any merit in our most dangerous enemy: the past, gloomy prevaricator, execrable tutor?”

Source : "The Archaeologist's Book of Quotations". Book by K Kris Hirst, 2016.
“You can fold up spiritually, morally, or intellectually and still be safe. Because at the very worst, all you can be is dead â€”and for him who is the Resurrection and the Life, that just makes you his cup of tea.”

Source : Robert Farrar Capon (1997). “Between Noon and Three: Romance, Law, and the Outrage of Grace”, p.292, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: you deserve all good things life has to offer.”
“And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility.”
“It's one of those things where the book has all these stars that burn really bright that you hang onto and they're all saying, 'This is The Girl on the Train experience.' All those stars or hooks needed to be in the film, but sometimes they needed to be a bit different. It's important when adapting such a popular book to hit all those points but also break out expectations without slaughtering the book. And that was, for me, the joy of adapting the book.”
“Fancy sleeping on air. I wonder if anyone's done it before. I don't suppose they have. Oh, botherâ€”-Scrubb probably has!”
“Be the designer of your own destiny.”
“I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.”

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