Christopher Alexander Quotes
We define organic order as the kind of order that is achieved when there is a perfect balance between the needs of the parts, and the needs of the whole.
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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I have said a hundred times, and I have no inclination to take it back, that I believe there is no right, and ought to be no inclination in the people of the free States to enter into the slave States, and to interfere with the question of slavery at all. I have said that always.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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When a certain swathe of India's population considers the country's ancient past, it doesn't see a country fragmented into kingdoms, savaged by caste divisions, and mired in poverty; rather, what's envisioned is a vast, unified Hindu empire stretching from Kashmir to the Indian tip at Kanyakumari.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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Once I'm in a situation where I can not do anything for three years and go off the map, I'll focus more on writing. Right now, I want to just make Flume awesome... and big.
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I love Indian food, and my favourite dish is dal rice.
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No, but there are people I grew up with from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would give any person on 'Justified' a run for their money in the scary department.
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There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.
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I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
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The only way I see the world now is through coming out of and growing up and living in Somalia. In the time of war, everyone was basically trying to live and manage the best they could. But you also had another period which was not a hard time at all - it was just a beautiful time. I lived in both eras.
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The moment to tell my barber I was gay just never came up.
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I create my own calm and I keep my balance, because I know that it's not really me, by myself... The Creator always gives me the energy.
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Imagination without knowledge may create beautiful things, knowledge without imagination can create only perfect ones.
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A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
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To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?
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We define organic order as the kind of order that is achieved when there is a perfect balance between the needs of the parts, and the needs of the whole.
