"In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

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“No greater care is required upon any works than upon such as are to withstand the action of water; for this reason, all parts of the work need to be done exactly according to the rules of the art which all workmen know, but few observe.”

Source : Sextus Julius Frontinus (1913). “The two books on the water supply of the city of Rome”
“I'm curious about everything--even things that don't interest me.”
“I just love to play rock and roll. I love to write songs all the time about what's up on these streets. I write songs about people getting killed; I write songs about people getting beaten up; I write songsabout people getting taken to jail by the police; and I also write songs about love and happiness.”
“Knowing yourself is to be rooted in Being, instead of lost in your mind.”
“When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je'Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.”
“Danny Trejo is so bloody cool, I mean, he can just stand there and look cool.”

Source : "Luke Goss interview: Blade, Hellboy and Death Race sequels, The Hobbit and becoming a geek". Interview with Duncan Bowles, www.denofgeek.com. December 17, 2010.
“People change, mature, and develop their values, attitudes, and preferences as a function of age. It is actually a strategy deployed by many organizations. The idea is that once Millennials grow up -get a mortgage, family- they will start acting like us and sharing our values. Personally, I would not make that bet. Even if it were to happen, Millennials are putting off seven or more years what other generations have done. Waiting for Millennials to "grow up" is risky when it comes to knowledge transfer, talent development, and competitive advantage.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“I think with President Obama there's going to be a discussion, because he himself is multiracial, because we have for the first time a non-white president. There's going to be talk about what does this mean? What is it? Are we in a new era?”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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