"Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society."

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Source : 1989 Les Grands desseins du Louvre (with E J Biasini).

I. M. Pei

#Eye Quotes #Reflection Quotes #Past Quotes

“One of the things Wall Street does not like is ambiguity. Now that the agreement is there, it begins to make the future look a little less cloudy, and that's positively received by Wall Street.”
“There is no real answer (to the U.S. economic crisis) but to remove brick by brick the capitalist system itself, rebuilding the entire society on socialist principles.”
“Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime.”

Source : "Fictional character: Rupert Pupkin". "The King of Comedy", www.imdb.com. December 18, 1982.
“I've accomplished more working on my own than I ever did as part of a team.”

Source : "The Bittorrent Effect" by Clive Thompson, www.wired.com. January 1, 2005.
“Legislation is a matter of more or less intelligent improvisation aiming at palliating conditions by means of patchwork policies.”
“A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.”
“The spiritual life is about becoming more at home in your own skin.”
“We tend to think things are new because we've just discovered them.”

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