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A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

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Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#built #houses #live #look #preferred

There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian family is built on core values that will form the bedrock of the future society. We must showcase the ideals of family life and be models of family values. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

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But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya. ↗

— Christian Bale

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When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without. ↗

— Ansel Adams

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On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, about 1,000 miles from Pearl Harbor. ↗

— Jack Adams

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The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want. ↗

— Scott Adams

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Everyone is aware that most of the built environment today lacks a natural order, an order which presents itself very strongly in places that were built centuries ago. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

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I built a series of supporters that had my back. I never abused that trust. You can't cry wolf. You have to solve most problems yourself. ↗

— Michael Arad

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The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

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