"Those are the two things: a sense of loving and being loved, and being creative - that is what life is made up of, and what literature reminds us of."

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Robert Dessaix

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“The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity.”
“My dad was a jingle writer, and my mom was a jewelry designer and musician.”
“If Boeing got a big head start on the 707 from multibillion-dollar military contracts to develop an air force transport, is that a sin against free trade?”

Source : Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.96, University of Pennsylvania Press
“And it seemed to me that there were fires Flying till dawn without number And I never found out things-those Strange eyes of his-what colour? Everything trembling and singing and Were you my enemy or my friend, Winter was it or summer?”
“Nicknames are fond names. We do not give them to people we dislike.”
“This is now and forever - the moment everyone must have, the moment that encompasses all other moments; now and before, now and after: all time.”
“The character of the architectural forms and spaces which all people habitually encounter are powerful agencies in determining the nature of their thoughts, their emotions and their actions, however unconscious of this they may be.”

Source : Hugh Ferriss (2012). “The Metropolis of Tomorrow”, p.16, Courier Corporation
“I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it.”

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