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“So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.”
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“Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life. I do not think of it primarily as either a message or symbol, but as an envelope and background for life which goes on in and around it, a sensitive container for the rhythm of footsteps on the floor, for the concentration of work, for the silence of sleep.”
Source : Peter Zumthor (1998). “Peter Zumthor”
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“You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.”
Source : James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.32, Crown Business
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“There is a hill beside the silver Thames, Shady with birch and beech and odorous pine; And brilliant underfoot with thousand gems, Steeply the thickets to his floods decline.”
Source : Robert Bridges (1912). “Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas”
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“The battle is going very heavily against us. We're being crushed by the enemy weight. We are facing very difficult days, perhaps the most difficult that a man can undergo”
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“The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over.”
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“Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.”
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“Time is rhythm: the insect rhythm of a warm humid night, brain ripple, breathing, the drum in my temple—these are our faithful timekeepers; and reason corrects the feverish beat.”
