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We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#cannot #context #describe #designed #form

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying. ↗

— Alex O'Loughlin

#find #i #i think #losing #something

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too. ↗

— Walt Alston

#believer #bunch #evening #going #great

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#i #metaphorical #precise #say #scientists

We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare. ↗

— Barack Obama

#bill #comes #core #enshrined #everybody

I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting. ↗

— Bob Odenkirk

#cable tv #great #i #i think #interesting

While some no other cause for life can give, but a dull habitude to live. ↗

— John Oldham

#dull #give #life #live #other

Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#always #better #inherent #instinct #others

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything. ↗

— Lee Atwater

#brotherhood #everything #good #humanity #i

You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time, I don't believe in being so rigid about controlling what happens either. ↗

— Paul Auster

#any #being #believe #controlling #demoralizing