"Egyptian pyramids or obelisks – seemed to be the basis of the great memorials that have kept their significance and dignity across time. Neither an obelisk nor a rectangular box nor a dome seemed right on this site or for this purpose. But here, at the edge of the Mississippi River, a great arch did seem right."

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Source : "Eero Saarinen on His Work: A Selection of Buildings Dating from 1947 to 1964 with Statements by the Architect".

Eero Saarinen

#Rivers Quotes #Arches Quotes #Domes Quotes

“Each way to suicide is its own: intensely private, unknowable, and terrible. Suicide will have seemed to its perpetrator the last and best of bad possibilities, and any attempt by the living to chart this final terrain of life can be only a sketch, maddeningly incomplete”
“I would love to work with Adam Sandler. Because then all I'd have to do is just turn the camera on and off.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I try to stay on top of my game physically, emotionally, and spiritually.”
“Emilio Estevez was definitely my first love.”
“If you spend time with crazy and dangerous people, remember â€“ their personalities are socially transmitted diseases; like water poured into a container, most of us eventually turn into â€“ or remain â€“ whoever we surround ourselves with. We can choose our tribe, but we cannot change that our tribe is our destiny.ï»¿”
“There is no shortage of ways that people profit indirectly from the misery and cruelty in other places. Even now, the shirts we wear and the tomatoes we eat. There are unfortunately unfair and inhumane conditions - including literal slavery - all over the world.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Your trials, crosses, and conflicts are all temporary.”
“To get rid of depression, I swim with dolphins.”

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