"There is always a moment in the pyramid of our lives when the apex is reached."

-- Ninon de L'Enclos

#Pyramids Quotes #Moments Quotes #Crisis Quotes

“Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and goats. Not all things are black nor all things white.”

Source : Sexual Behavior in the Human Male ch. 21 (1948)
“Constructions of a-rhythmical forms, the clash between concrete and abstract forms... ...The acute angle is passionate and dynamic, expressing will and a penetrating force.”

Source : "Piani plastici come espanzione sferica nello spazio" (March 1913), as quoted in "Futurism," Didier Ottinger (ed.), p. 146, 2008.
“I have no advice for anyone on how to live.”

Source : "Cannes 2012: Abbas Kiarostami: 'The world is my workshop'" by Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. May 28, 2012.
“The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter.”
“By actively thinking about the implications a space has on its inhabitants, we can create great experiences for those who enter. Make Space is an articulate account about the importance of space; how we think about it, build it and thrive in it.”
“I get guilty when I spend money on silly things like clothes and stuff... Having experienced a completely different extreme of wealth, and I don't mean me being poor or rich, I mean knowing that 40 quid that gets spent on a pair of shoes could go a long way for a family in Georgia for a week or even a month, having experienced that, you're a bit more [guilty].”

Source : "Georgia Peach" by Katrina Lobley, www.smh.com.au. May 27, 2005.
“At this late hour a wagon has been procured, and I have had it filled with plate and the most valuable portable articles, belonging to the house.”

Source : Dolley Madison (1886). “Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison: Wife of James Madison, President of the United States”, Boston ; New York, Houghton, Mifflin
“In the next decade we plan to create the first gender balance engineering school in Africa. We believe women should be part of the solution.”

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