Oscar Niemeyer Quotes
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I have received the greatest honor in my life - and the greatest surprise. Never did I dream that the Nobel Prize could be awarded for the reciprocal relations.
Lars Onsager -
The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.
Usain Bolt -
I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
Abigail Washburn -
Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
Dan Fogelberg -
Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
Umberto Eco
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
Vera Farmiga -
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
Kate Adie -
Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
Lana Turner -
My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.
Dan Gable -
Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
Ed Royce -
It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.
Mandy Moore
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It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
Caitlin Stasey -
Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
Zooey Deschanel -
Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III.
Kate Williams -
What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
Barry Eisler -
Judaism and Christianity in themselves are distinctly separate entities, to be sure; but when considering their influence on Western thought, we must bear in mind that Christianity alone, or almost alone, transmitted the Jewish share, simply by what it contained of it in its own, original constitution.
Hans Jonas -
I happen to be half West Indian, but I don't know that side of my family.
Taylour Paige
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Michael Jordan was that guy - he was Michael Jordan. So whatever he did, we followed.
Zach LaVine -
The more I've gotten interested in writing about history and making sense of myself within the continuum of history, the more I've turned to paintings, to art. I look to the imagery of art to help me understand something about my own place in the world.
Natasha Trethewey -
In this new world where art is willfully misinterpreted to score points and to distract, simply doing the work of an artist has become a political act.
Corey Stoll -
Sometimes art is just about getting a reaction, that's really the end-all be-all.
Frank Iero My Chemical Romance -
Surprise is key in all art.
Oscar Niemeyer