"He was of opinion that what we now vulgarly call the Gothick, ought properly and truly be named Saracenick Architecture refined by the Christians."

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Source : "Conclusion of the life of Sir Christopher Wren". The Magazine of Magazines, p. 11, January 1759.

Christopher Wren

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“It matters when public officials admit that their hearts have changed, but only in the service of changing actual policy.”

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“Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman will bring news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o'clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Luck relies on chance, labor on character.”
“As a comic, I used to know more about pop culture.”

Source : "Brian Posehn on why he hates Katy Perry's 'Firework'". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. July 12, 2013.
“My weakness has always been to prefer the large intention of an unskilful artist to the trivial intention of an accomplished one: in other words, I am more interested in the high ideas of a feeble executant than in the high execution of a feeble thinker.”
“I may be getting old, but not foolish.”
“Live purely in the moment on a rampage of appreciation.”
“I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement.”
“Money ... it's both the most complicated and the most passionate relationship in our lives.”

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