"If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture."

-- Minoru Yamasaki

#Thinking Quotes #Architecture Quotes #Influence Quotes

“God, I pray light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn up for thee.”
“The Genealogical Science is a wonderful account of how old-fashioned race science has come to be re-defined by resort to the most recent developments in genetics. But this book is not simply another story of the ideological uses to which science may be put. Nadia Abu El-Haj has provided the reader with a very detailed analysis of the historical entanglement between science and politics. Her study should be required reading for anyone interested in the sociology of science-and also for those dealing with Middle Eastern nationalisms. This is a work of outstanding value for scholarship.”
“You're not going to change anyone's mind. Especially online.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I'm scared of snakebites - that's the origin of cowboy boots, protection - but my toes need to breathe.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Though Anne was born in Alabama and schooled in Mississippi, she had traveled North, and, like many Southerners, gained a theoretical understanding of the concept of cold. But the mind is an overprotective parent. What it doesn't care for, it hides. Like many inhabiting the subtropics, Anne had repressed the reality of subzero mercury.”
“Eyes watching always Shadows in shadows they wait A black feather falls First accepted, loved Then betrayed-spit in the face Vengeance sweet like dots.”
“I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.”
“Failure or success in business is primarily not determined by mental capacity but by MENTAL ATTITUDES”

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