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“I believe that a writer is a person who writes. An author is a person who has written.”

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Dean Wesley Smith, born on November 10, 1950, is an American author known for his works in science fiction, fantasy, and adventure. His writing is celebrated for its rich imagination and unique narrative style. more

“When your house contains such a complex of piping, flues, ducts, wires, lights, inlets, outlets, ovens, sinks, refuse disposers, hi-fi re-verberators, antennae, conduits, freezers, heaters -when it contains so many services that the hardware could stand up by itself without any assistance from the house, why have a house hold it up. When the cost of all this tackle is half of the total outlay (or more, as it often is) what is the house doing except concealing your mechanical pudenda from the stares of folks on the sidewalk?”

Light House Half Cost Complexes Folks Refuse Staring Assistance Wire Outlets Often Is Sidewalk Hardware Ovens Concealing Freezer

Author:Reyner Banham

“In a landscape where nothing officially exists (otherwise it would not be 'desert'), absolutely anything becomes thinkable, and may consequently happen.”

May Happens Desert Landscape Thinkable

Author:Reyner Banham

“The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.”

Life Creativity Technology Design Profound Everyday Disappear Fabric Everyday Life

Author:Mark Weiser

“I see a sea of networkers all doing and saying the same things. They look alike, act alike and sound alike when speaking to prospects. If you want to rise above the average, mediocre networker... then you have to think differently.”

Ifs Thinking Want Looks Sound Sea Average Mediocre Rise Above Prospects

Author:Mark Weiser

“Machines that fit the human environment, instead of forcing humans to enter theirs, will make using a computer as refreshing as taking a walk in the woods.”

Humans Walks Environment Fit Computer Machines Woods Refreshing Walk In The Woods

Author:Mark Weiser

“To exist is to defy all that threatens you. To be a rebel is not to accumulate a library of subversive books or to dream of fantastic conspiracies or of taking to the hills. It is to make yourself your own law. To find in yourself what counts. To make sure that you’re never “cured” of your youth. To prefer to put everyone up against the wall rather than to remain supine. To pillage whatever can be converted to your law, without concern for appearance.”

Life Inspirational Book Dream Law Existence Youth Wall Findings Concern Library Appearance Fantastic Hills Rebel Conspiracy Accumulation Subversive Essayists Defying Pillaging

Author:Dominique Venner

“When I was growing up in Mississippi - it was good Southern food... but I also grew up with a Greek family; when other kids were eating fried okra, we were eating steamed artichokes. So I think it played a big part in my healthy cooking.”

Thinking Bigs Kids Growing Up Growing Grew Healthy Eating Grew Up Cooking Greek Southern Mississippi Artichokes Okra

Author:Cat Cora

“There comes a time. The pain of existence transcends the fear of change. There comes a time.”

Pain Existence There Comes A Time Fear Of Change

Book:Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16

Source: Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16

“Part of your process of becoming an adult is admitting to yourself that The Doors were a shitty band.”

Process Doors Becoming Band Adults Admitting Becoming An Adult

Author:Moshe Kasher

“Our society’s failure to recognize and care for the social and emotional well-being of our boys contributes to a nation of young men who navigate adversity and conflict with an incomplete emotional skill set. Whether boys and later men have chosen to resist or conform to this masculine norm, there is loneliness, anxiety, and pain.”

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