"A gentle mixture of furniture expresses life and continuity but it must be a judicious mixture that flows and mixes well. It is a bit like mixing a salade. (I am better at room than salads)."

-- Nancy Lancaster

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“War lives on despotism and is not waged with God's love.”
“The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.”

Source : "Computerworld". Book by Douglas Engelbart, p.42, June 22, 1992.
“Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through its furrows, or classed with idiots, lunatics and criminals in the laws and constitutions of the State, the principle is the same; for the humiliations of the spirit are as real as the visible badges of servitude.”
“It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. Eventually within the next quarter of a century, the nostalgia cycles will be so close together that people will not be able to take a step without being nostalgic for the one they just took. At that point, everything stops. Death by Nostalgia.”
“The only things those people have that you don't is guts. Do you wanna live forever?”
“I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people watch this. He's so great. The bravado thing and the foolishness, he does them both so well. It's weird because he's so hateable in the movie, but in the end, you're also going, "I feel bad for him." That's hard to do. It's hard to do that to where you're like, "This guy's the worst, but I know why he's the worst, so it's a shame this is happening." That's the whole thing.”
“Either there is a God or there isn't. Both possibilities are frightening.”
“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.”

Source : Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

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