"High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste."

-- Martin Filler

#Survival Quotes #Variables Quotes #Taste Quotes

“Whenever I donate a hunting trip for the Children's Leukemia Foundation, Ronald McDonald Cancer House, all these children's charities, I offer the anti-hunters an opportunity: if you donate more to the children's charity than the hunters donate we won't go hunting.”
“Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating them.”
“Whatâ€™s so curious about human beings is that we can look deeply into the future, foresee disaster, and still do nothing in the present to stop it. The majority of people on this planet, theyâ€™re overwhelmed with concerns about their immediate well being.”
“At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.”

Source : "Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Talks Royalties, Social and The Future". Interview with Eliot Van Buskirk, evolver.fm. February 10, 2012.
“I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.”
“If you fail to plan, you pretty much plan to fail.”
“There is no salvation for those outside the Church”
“John Kerry described his Republican critics as 'the most crooked, lying group I've ever seen.' Now, that's saying something, because Kerry's both a lawyer and a politician.”

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