"After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration."

-- Harry Seidler

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“From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.”
“Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.”
“I was in psychological warfare in World War II, so I know psychological warfare when I see it.”
“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.”
“Our work must remain open and transparent so that we hear the voices of all”
“Under the antitrust laws, a man becomes a criminal from the moment he goes into business, no matter what he does. If he complies with one of these laws, he faces criminal prosecution under several others. For instance, if he charges prices which some bureaucrats judge as too high, he can be prosecuted for monopoly or for a successful 'intent to monopolize'; if he charges prices lower than those of his competitors, he can be prosecuted for 'unfair competition' or 'restraint of trade'; and if he charges the same prices as his competitors, he can be prosecuted for 'collusion' or 'conspiracy.'”
“Any person who, with all the sincerity of heart, is in search for God, on land or in the sea, is worthy of respect.”
“. . . I do think that deep down, a lot of my work is about people trying to make reasonable accommodations of situations that are insane or absurd. . . . At first I thought the events had power in themselves, that I would just present them. I really wasn't aware of the things that finally became central issues to me - the shifting alliances, the way people hardly even know they've shifted. That part of [A QUESTION OF MERCY] is very familiar to me in terms of my other plays.”

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