"A library doesn't need windows. A library is a window."

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Source : How Buildings Learn ch. 3 (1994)

Stewart Brand

#Library Quotes #Needs Quotes #Window Quotes

“Cooking is not about being the best or most perfect cook, but rather it is about sharing the table with family and friends.”
“I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.”

Source : Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.244, A&C Black
“You cannot escape where you come from, September. Some part of it remains inside you always, like the slender white heart in the center of the thickest onion.”
“Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of these frequencies that generates consciousness, just as tones from individual instruments produce the rich, complex, & seamless sounds of a symphony orchestra”
“Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn't all a dream?”
“I could never be in a situation with a job where I was not allowed to listen to music all day. I would rather work at a fast food restaurant where I could turn on the radio all day rather than be in a situation where I have to sneak and listen to music.”
“Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.”
“In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns.”

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