"Things shouldn't hinge on so very little. Sneeze and you're highway carnage. Remove one tiny stone and you're an avalanche statistic. But I guess if you can die without ever understanding how it happened then you can also live without a complete understanding of how. And in a way that's kind of relaxing."

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Source : FaceBook post by Miriam Toews from Jul 07, 2011

Miriam Toews

#Life Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Stones Quotes

“I don't want to expose the intricacies of my work so people can understand how I did it.”
“I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is our feelings that guide us and they can never lead us wrong”
“Success comes when you do what you love to do, and commit to being the best in your field.”
“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”
“It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature. The application of science to the useful arts requires other abilities, other qualities, other tools than his; and therefore I say that the man of science who follows his studies into their practical application is false to his calling. The practical man stands ever ready to take up the work where the scientific man leaves it, and adapt it to the material wants and uses of daily life.”
“The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context.”
“But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.”

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