"All space and matter, organic or inorganic, has some degree of life in it, and matter/space is more alive or less alive according to its structure and arrangement."

-- Christopher Alexander

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“The trouble with the last snowfall of the season is that you can't be sure.”
“I am the only candidate for mayor of London with the experience of being a transport minister.”
“One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.”

Source : Interview with Dag Rambraut, www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.
“You can't always do that which you can do in your sleep. That doesn't fulfill an artist. You're looking for places where you can grow, in some way, whether it's a large way or a small way. I want to grow as an artist, as a person and as a woman. I want to enjoy myself and my life and the company that I'm keeping. I want to bring something to the table that's different than anything else would bring, but that has its place and value, and then keep moving.”

Source : "Angela Bassett Talks American Horror Story: Freak Show, Filming in New Orleans, Her First Reaction to Finding Out Her Character, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 13, 2014.
“I always wanted to create this community that would come and tell their own story, shoot it - and watch them. The idea is to not have one entity who creates the work, the project, and another entity who consumes it; the idea is people create their own work, like somebody cultivating his garden.”
“In life, people will take you at your own reckoning.”
“Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down to mere nonentity. But let me not hear any small witticism to the further effect that its story is a tale told by a vulgarian, full of slang and blanky, signifying-nothing.”

Source : Joseph Furphy, Frances Devlin-Glass (1991). “The annotated Such is life: such is life : being certain extracts from the diary of Tom Collins”
“In a Democracy, the real rulers are the dexterous manipulators of votes, with their placemen, the mechanics who so skillfully operate the hidden springs which move the puppets in the arena of democratic elections. Men of this kind are ever ready with loud speeches lauding equality; in reality, they rule the people as any despot or military dictator might rule it.”

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