"I travel a fair amount, read on the plane, and I read fast."

-- Emily Oster

“Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially.”
“Children should be introduced right from the start to the potentialities of their environment, to the physical and psychological laws that govern the visual world, and to the supreme enjoyment that comes from participating in the creative process of giving form to one's living space.”

Source : Walter Gropius, Ise Gropius (1968). “Apollo in the democracy: the cultural obligation of the architect”
“Going to LSU was the right move for me. It taught me to be independent.”
“The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China.”

Source : Chen Ning Yang (2005). “Selected Papers, 1945-1980, with Commentary”, p.247, World Scientific
“You know you're in trouble, when the bartender cries.”

Source : Song: When the Bartender Cries
“Apple products aren't simple technologies by any stretch, but there is a beautiful simplicity to them.”
“It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country”
“Health care is an essential safeguard of human life and dignity and there is an obligation for society to ensure that every person be able to realize this right.”

Source : Joseph Bernardin, Alphonse P. Spilly (2000). “Selected Works of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin: Homilies and teaching documents”, p.99, Liturgical Press

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