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From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#america #available #based #buildings #century

The government only makes restrictive rules, they don't show you what to do so you know, OK, here's where we need this many apartments, with open space, playgrounds, kindergartens. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#here #know #makes #many #need

If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write. ↗

— Asne Seierstad

#books #i #lose #okay #says

The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important. ↗

— Asne Seierstad

#afghan #after #behind #book #came

I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write. ↗

— Asne Seierstad

#book #court #down #get #i

If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist. ↗

— Asne Seierstad

#cleared #continue #difficult #had #impossible

The family is the single most important institution in Afghan culture. It is described in the country's constitution as the 'fundamental pillar of society'. ↗

— Asne Seierstad

#constitution #country #culture #described #family

When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer. ↗

— Asne Seierstad

#decided #fear #freezer #i #into

A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it. ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#blender #having #kind #like #top

Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem.Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash. ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#biggest #body #get #got #how