Quotes
Authors
Philip K. Chapman

"Our generation may stand at a crucial breakpoint in history, for we in the presently affluent nations may be the last who can afford to open up the high frontier. What we do during the next ten or twenty years may determine whether future generations will live in a humane and rewarding society, or whether they will spend their lives in desperate contention for the dwindling sustenance afforded by our limited terrestrial resources."

-- Philip K. Chapman

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“When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic coffee, the fruit stalls and the over-spiced meat. It was the beginning of the Orient. And when I flew back to Beirut from Iran, I could pick up the British papers, ask for a gin and tonic at any bar, choose a French, Italian, or German restaurant for dinner. It was the beginning of the West. All things to all people, the Lebanese rarely questioned their own identity.”

Source : Robert Fisk (2001). “Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War”, p.163, Oxford University Press, USA
“This wasn't Weirdville, this was fricking Wonderland. Alice here was all grow up, but she was still chowing down on too much of that psychedelic mushroom.”

Source : Suzanne Brockmann (2002). “Out of Control”, p.96, Ballantine Books
“Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.”
“I always want to design a frame thatâ€™s open to everyone. I donâ€™t see art as a secret code.”
“We all start out thinking that there is such a thing as perfection and that there's something wrong with us if we settle for less. First we won't eat the food with the brown spots. Then we hate ourselves because we have our own brown spotsâ€”pimples or ears that are too big or legs that are too skinny.”

Source : James Howe (2012). “The Watcher”, p.60, Simon and Schuster
“When you go to clubs in London there are loads of good-looking blokes, and I feel like a bit of a minger”
“How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective.”
“When a felon s not engaged in his employment, Or maturing his felonious little plans, His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just as great as any honest mans.”

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