As Fallingwater demonstrates, Wright's genius was always specific, but also always lively, always daring.
Jane SmileyWe sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.
Jane Smileyeverything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage.
Jane SmileyGiving his lecture for the third time freed Dr. Lionel Gift from paying much attention to it. He had a naturally expressive style of delivery, hones over the years in elementary-econ lecture halls. He knew, without even thinking, to address the middle rows of the hall, but to occasionally "shoot" the listeners in the back corners. He knew how to make eye contact and solicit the attention of those who were thinking of other things.
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