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“A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in such a way. From straws like these, drawn from completely different sources, the fabric of a character may be built.”

Men Way May Different Character Hands Might Spirit Turns Source Built Agony Fabric Humiliation Straws

Book:The Fabric of Memory

Source: The Fabric of Memory

“If we [American nation] are only thinking about tomorrow or the next day and not thinking about 10 years from now, we're not going to control our own economic future, because China, Germany - they're making these [clean energy] investments. And I'm not going to cede those jobs of the future to those countries. I expect those new energy sources to be built right here in the United States.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“Monotony and repetition are characteristic of many parts of life, but these do not become sources of conscious discomfort until novelty and entertainment are built up as positive experiences.”

Change Source Conscious Built Entertainment Characteristics Repetition Novelty Discomfort Parts Of Life Monotony Positive Experiences

Book:With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson

Source: With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson

“The business model of the conservative media is built on two elements: provoking the audience into a fever of indignation (to keep them watching) and fomenting mistrust of all other information sources (so that they never change the channel).”

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Author:David Frum

“In nature the only source of energy is from the sun. So in ecological systems everything comes from the sun through the process of photosynthesis whereas now in human built environment our source of energy is from fossil fuels, renewable, wood energy or hydro-energy but it is not from the sun. So until we are able to operate and run a human built environment by imitating photosynthesis it will be a long while before we can have a true eco-system.”

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Author:Ken Yeang

“God is immanent in every atom, all-pervading, all-sustaining, all-evolving; He is its source and its end, its cause and its object, its centre and circumference; it is built on Him as its sure foundation, it breathes in Him as its encircling space; He is in everything and everything in Him.”

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Book:The Ancient Wisdom

Source: The Ancient Wisdom

“No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.”

Men Life Might Artist Records Building Source Higher Built Streams Architect Organic Architecture

Book:The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on Architecture

Source: The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright: Critical Writings on Architecture