Day 320 – Spirit
“I like the spirit of this great London which I feel around me. Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of […]
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“I like the spirit of this great London which I feel around me. Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of […]
“Coffee – the favorite drink of the civilized world.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
“The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of art, and it holds within its communal framework many simpler […]
“London is a city of icons, where postcodes take it in turn to proclaim their greatness, to shout out their history, to push their heroes. We are a city of blue plaques, age-old landmarks, inspiration […]
“London always reminds me of a brain. It is similarly convoluted and circuitous. A lot of cities, especially American ones like New York and Chicago, are laid out in straight lines. Like the circuits on […]
“A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.” ~ Guillaume Apollinaire
Rico Bandello: “Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?” My research tells me this a line from a 1931 American gangster movie called Little Ceaser however my research does not tell why on […]
“I don’t know what London’s coming to — the higher the buildings the lower the morals.” ~ Noël Coward
“Drinking freshly made juices and eating enough whole foods to provide adequate fiber is a sensible approach to a healthful diet.” ~ Jay Kordich
“In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.” ~ Pico IyerI took this a few weeks back outside Kings Cross station. It was the height of rush hour and people […]