"We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe."

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Source : Christopher Alexander (1964). “Notes on the Synthesis of Form”, p.26, Harvard University Press

Christopher Alexander

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“Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition.”
“Now the wintertime is coming The windows are filled with frost I went to tell everybody But I could not get across Well, I wanna be your lover, baby I don't wanna be your boss Don't say I never warned you When your train gets lost.”
“Any man that can't find what he is looking for in a thousand women is really looking for a boy.”

Source : Gershon Legman (1982). “No laughing matter: an analysis of sexual humor”, Indiana Univ Pr
“I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.”
“Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself”

Source : Mary Schmich (2012). “The Best of Mary Schmich: Selected Writings by the Chicago Tribune's Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary”, p.32, Agate Digital
“I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether it was sculpting or writing or directing. It's just ever since I was a kid, I don't know.”

Source : "Dan Fogler Interview: The FANBOYS Star Goes Viral with M'LARKY". Interview with Ron Messer, collider.com. May 20, 2010.
“What I like about the Bible is that it doesn't make sense, which makes it more like truth than anything else I've ever read.”
“Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.”

Source : Laurie A Helgoe (2013). “Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength”, p.139, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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