"The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the principle consists in giving to the edges of the pyramid a curve of such a nature that this pyramid shall be capable of resisting the force of the wind without necessitating the junction of the edges by diagonals as is usually done."

-- Gustave Eiffel

#Curves Quotes #Wind Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.”
“I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring.”
“[Abdellatif LaÃ¢bi] was a poet and worked as a high school teacher; and although he hadn't broken any laws, the Moroccan government was determined to "gag" him - I use the term specifically since one of my favorite sequences of his is entitled "The Poem Beneath The Gag."”
“My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.”
“My husband and I were born three weeks apart, and our plan had always been to throw a joint party for our 40th birthdays.”
“War, if reason prevails, is waged to obtain a better peace than that which existed prior to the hostilities.”
“God is nearer to us than our own spirit”

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