"Every generation tailors history to its taste."

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Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (1986). “The Tall Building Artistically Reconsidered: The Search for a Skyscraper Style”, Pantheon

Ada Louise Huxtable

#History Quotes #Generations Quotes #Tailors Quotes

“People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.”
“Countries make policies for themselves. And Donald Trump wants to make - that`s his policy.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“I suppose the short chapters and differing narrative points of view are quite "cinematic" devices, which came very naturally to me.”

Source : Stef Penney (2008). “The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel”, p.385, Simon and Schuster
“I had a lot of fantasies about being an architect when I was young, and I think I still do. On a visceral level, I'm very intellectually and emotionally attracted to acknowledging how space functions in our lives, both in terms of pleasure and in terms of control, and in terms of all those factors that form a life. I'm also very anxious and maybe repulsed by how superficial that whole dialogue can become.”
“Even though you're growing up, you should never stop having fun.”
“I have a predilection for painting that lends joyousness to a wall.”
“I have done here on earth that was necessary to be done, no matter what my expression or application and now I continue to live here in the dimensions where I'm experiencing/expressing a deeper level of understanding and awareness of my reason and purpose here on earth, which is wonderful and for which I am grateful for.”
“Perfect heroes are cool, but no one can really empathize or identify with them.”

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