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The art of decoration requires the most sophisticated and self-indulgent skills. Its aim has always been to sate the senses as gloriously as possible. ... ornament is not only a source of sensuous pleasure; it supplies a necessary kind of magic to people and places that lack it. More than just a dread of empty spaces has led to the urge to decorate; it is the fear of empty selves.
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When it came down to technical skill and ability of the two teams, Croatia were far superior.
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Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.
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Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind ON, but what you can't keep your mind OFF.
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Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.
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All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
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Life actors never rehearse and need no script. A life actor uses only what is available, nothing more, nothing less.
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I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
