“On the geometric level, we see certain physical elements repeated endlessly, combined in an almost endless variety of combinations. It is puzzling to realize that the elements, which seem like elementary building blocks, keep varying, and are different every time that they occur. If the elements are different every time that they occur, evidently then, it cannot be the elements themselves which are repeating in a building or town; these so-called elements cannot be the ultimate "atomic" constituents of space.” IfsDifferentSeemsCertainRealizingSpaceLevelsBuildingElementsUltimateTownsEndlessBlockVarietyCombinationConstituentsBuilding BlocksPuzzlingGeometric Author:Christopher Alexander
“When I gave up me, I became more. I became a captain, a leader, a better person and I came to understand that life is a team game...And you know what?...I've found most people aren't team players. They don't realize that life is the only game in town. Someone should tell them. It has made all the difference in the world to me.” PeopleKnowsWorldShouldPersonsMadeLife IsFoundGamesRealizingDifferencesLeaderPlayerTeamTownsCaptainsGave UpBetter PersonTeam Player Author:Don Mattingly
“I was always moved by all of the music. As a young man, Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton, Count Basie and all these great musicians would come through our town of Memphis. There wasn't adequate hotels, so these musicians - the lady who ran the theater knew my mother, who had a large house, and many of them would stay with us. So that was another great blessing, so I'm always around these great geniuses, and to realize their humanity is such a touching thing.” MenYoungMotherHumanityHouseRealizingGeniusBlessingMusicianTheaterTownsMovedRanYoung ManHotelTouchingAdequateGreat MusicDukesMemphisGreat MusicianOur TownHamptons Author:Charles Lloyd
“The main thing I like about New Yorkers is that they understand that their lives are a relentless circus of horrors, ending in death. As New Yorkers, we realize this, we resign ourselves to our fate, and we make sure that everyone else is as miserable as we are. Good town.” HumorFunnyRealizingFateHorrorTownsMiserableCircusRelentlessNew Yorkers Author:Kyle Baker
“Cincinnati at that time was also beginning to realize it had major cartooning talent in Jim Borgman, at the city's other paper, and I didn't benefit from the comparison.His footsteps seemed like good ones to follow, so I cultivated an interest in politics, and Borgman helped me a lot in learning how to construct an editorial cartoon. Neither of us dreamed I'd end up in the same town on the opposite paper.” EndsInterestRealizingCitiesTalentPaperBenefitsMajorsOppositesTownsComparisonCartoonConstructsFootstepsEditorialsInterest In Politics Author:Bill Watterson
“There's a song called 'The Lights of My Hometown' that goes back to me growing up a regular kid. I mean, I lived in a town that I loved, but was too small for the dreams I was dreaming. You leave thinking the world has a lot more to offer than your hometown, only to realize years down the road that no matter where you grow up, you will never be able to recreate the innocence and feeling of 'home' anywhere else in the world. No matter who you are, or where that little town is, that's something we all have in common.” ThinkingWorldYearsMeanLittlesMatterFeelingsHomeDreamLightKidsAbleSongGrowsRealizingCommonGrowing UpGrowingOffersTownsWho You AreInnocenceDown The RoadHometownLittle Towns Author:Aaron Lines
“Joe [Wright] reached out to me and sent me a treatment, and I said yes on the spot just from the treatment. Within six weeks, I was in Cape Town and there was a script [of Black Mirror episode 'Nosedive'], but I didn't realize until I received the full script that Rashida [Jones] and Michael [Schur] had worked on it. It's a particularly funny episode. Joe and I always looked at it as a satire; it has a lot of comedic elements to it.” SaidBlackRealizingWeekElementsSixTownsMirrorsScriptsSpotsTreatmentSatireEpisodesComedicCapesCape Town Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“Many people don't realize that financial incentives have been built into the drug war that guarantee that law enforcement will continue to arrest extraordinary numbers of people, particularly in poor communities of color, for minor drug offenses that get ignored on the other side of town.” PeopleHas BeensWarLawSidesRealizingCommunityPoorNumbersColorDrugBuiltTownsExtraordinaryFinancialGuaranteesMinorsOffenseIgnoredLaw EnforcementEnforcementIncentivesWar On DrugsGuarantees That Author:Michelle Alexander
“They look outside the windows of their apartment in town and realize they're not living in a terrace anymore. This is a room full of dreamers who like to go to London for a day.” LooksRealizingRoomsWindowTownsLondonDreamerApartmentLas VegasTerrace Author:Johnny Vegas
“I'm starting to realize that people lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, & so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.” PeopleFeelsLooksHardShowsRealizingPaperTownsMirrorsStartingOneself Author:John Green
“I am asking you to marry me because I love you,” he said, “because I cannot imagine living my life without you. I want to see your face in the morning, and then at night, and a hundred times in between. I want to grow old with you, I want to laugh with you, and I want to sigh to my friends about how managing you are, all the while secretly knowing I am the luckiest man in town.” “What?” she demanded. He shrugged. “A man’s got to keep up appearances. I’ll be universally detested if everyone realizes how perfect you are.” IfsMenWantSaidFacesNightGrowsRealizingPerfectMorningLaughingKnowingImagineLove YouHundredMy FriendsTownsAskingAppearanceYour FaceLiving My LifeSighWithout YouMarry Me Author:Julia Quinn
“Then come to realize that you're making mountains out of molehills. Realize how petty you've become. Sure, it may feel like you can't get a grip on this town. It may seem that every time someone offers you a hand up, they just let go and you slip further down. But you must stop being so pessimistic, Hannah, and learn to trust those around you. So I do. One more time.” FeelsMayHandsSeemsRealizingLike YouOffersMountainLetting GoTownsMore TimeSlipsPettyPessimisticHands UpJust Let Go Book:Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition Source: Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition
“When I was a child, I thought of my Delta town as the center of the universe, but now I realize how little I know about the universe. As a child, I thought I was immortal, but now I recognize how limited a time we all have. As a child, success meant scoring A on every exam, but now I take it to mean good health, close family and friends, achieve- ments in my work, and helping others.” KnowsMeanChildrenLittlesHelpingUniverseRealizingAchieveTownsHelping OthersImmortalFamily And FriendsGood HealthExamCenter Of The UniverseDeltaClose Family Book:Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize Source: Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize
“Every time I look down on this timeless town Whether blue or gray be her skies. Whether loud be her cheers or soft be her tears, More and more do I realize: I love Paris in the springtime. I love Paris in the fall. I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles, I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles. I love Paris every moment, Every moment of the year. I love Paris, why, oh why do I love Paris? Because my love is near.” YearsLooksMomentsFallRealizingLove IsSkyTearsSummerTownsBlueWinterLoudParisGrayCheerTimelessSpringtimeDrizzle Author:Cole Porter
“I realize that the memories I cherish most are not the first night successes, but of simple, everyday things: walking through our garden in the country after rain; sitting outside a cafe in Provence, drinking the vin de pays; staying at a little hotel in an English market town with Larry, in the early days after our marriage, when he was serving in the Fleet Air Arm, and I was touring Scotland, so that we had to make long treks to spend weekends together.” FirstsLittlesLongCountryTogetherNightRealizingMemoriesSimplePayAirArmsWalkingSittingRainGardenTownsDrinkingEverydayHotelStayingServingCherishWeekendScotlandTouringLarryCafesEveryday ThingsProvence Author:Vivien Leigh