"In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools."

-- Doris Lessing

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“With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear.”
“The similarities between me and my father are different.”
“Every human being is a designer”

Source : Norman Potter (1969). “What is a designer: education and practice: a guide for students and teachers”
“The single most effective way to get rid of rumor and speculation is to be transparent.”
“The liberation of those who commit murder and terrorism is unacceptable.”

Source : "Fujimori breaks silence and urges release of hostages". www.cnn.com. December 22, 1996.
“I think anytime you set out to start doing something, it's always a difficult thing. It's a theory of a blank sheet of paper, for an artist; It's a challenge to put yourself in that position in life, and even in your mind, to put the two together. But you have to, and so that's what you do. I tend to look at it as less than a problem than a process.”
“When people listen to my music, I hope that they will notice that if you take a piece by a composer like Schubert, the major and the minor triad is an extermely important thing not merely as harmony, but in creating melodic lines. Schubert is always walking up and down with arpeggios on C, E, G and so forth. I am not doing anything different really, except using a different system of harmony.”

Source : Interview with Joel Bons, as quoted in notes for album "Elliott Carter: Homages and Dedications" (CD booklet, p. 17), 2003.
“I'm very loyal in relationships. Even when I go out with my mom I don't look at other moms.”

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