"The rule is the worst thing. You just want to break it."

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Source : "Why Oscar Niemeyer is king of curves" by Tom Dyckhoff, www.thetimes.co.uk. December 12, 2007.

Oscar Niemeyer

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“I don't date dancers, but I've always wanted to teach guys how to dance.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“He took my music, but he gave me my name.”
“Blessed are those who believe when there is no evidence of an answer to prayer.”

Source : David Wilkerson (2012). “God Is Faithful: A Daily Invitation Into the Father Heart of God”, p.136, Baker Books
“There are certain things that words on paper can never make a crime, .. There are certain acts that by sheer common sense are not crimes.”
“The more the specific feelings of being under obligation range themselves under a supreme principle of human dependence the clearer and more fertile will be the realization of the concept, indispensable to all true culture, of service; from the service of God down to the simple social relationship as between employer and employee.”
“Whose fault is it if poor Ireland still continues poor?”
“I like owls. I admire their intransigent spirit. I have respected them deeply ever since I met a baby owl in a wood, when it fell over dead, apparently from sheer temper, because I dared to approach it. It defied me first, and then died. I have never forgotten the horror and shame I experienced when that soft fluffy thing (towards which I had nothing but the most humanitarian motives) fell dead from rage at my feet.”
“Their attitude is, 'okay, I am the customer. You are supposed to entertain me.' It's kind of a passive attitude they're taking, and to me it's kind of a pathetic thing. They do not know how interesting it is if you move one step further and try to challenge yourself [with more advanced games].”

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