"Just because you are not interested in politics, does not mean that politics is not interested in you."

-- Pericles

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“There are other things besides beauty with which to captivate the hearts of men. The Italians have a saying: "Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.”
“Grab this day by the neck and kiss it.”
“What I love about making movies is that it's a collaboration. It's one of the most rewarding things, to create something and have someone show you something that you didn't see, and vice versa.”
“In masks outrageous and austere The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile.”

Source : Elinor Wylie, Evelyn Helmick Hively (2005). “Selected Works of Elinor Wylie”, p.42, Kent State University Press
“You know, I think the greatest gift in the world is a good employee, you know, or people who can do your work for you and do it well the way you'd like to have it done. And I've always been able to surround myself with really good people.”
“I want now to be of today. It is painful to be conscious of two worlds. The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness.”
“Architecture is the art of reconciliation between ourselves andthe world, and this mediation takes place through the senses”

Source : Juhani Pallasmaa (2012). “The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses”, p.77, John Wiley & Sons
“The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown and failure we may magnify the grace of God and recognize that it is the delight of the Spirit of God to work upon the platform of human impossibilities.”

Source : Alan Redpath (2004). “The Making of a Man of God (Alan Redpath Library): Lessons from the Life of David”, p.6, Baker Books

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