I. M. Pei Quotes
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
E. W. Howe -
You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.
Randeep Hooda -
The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
Xavier Niel -
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
Lady Bird Johnson -
When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
Iain Duncan Smith -
I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.
Karen Elson
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I'd been going to the Louvre since 1951. I thought I knew Paris and the French, but I didn't really. You know how easy it is to make friends when you are traveling. People are curious about you, you are curious about them. But you never really make friends that way. After the Louvre, I discovered that I have friends now because I have enemies.
I. M. Pei -
Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.
H. L. Mencken -
I truly loved Jason Reitman. I was there on his first film, 'Thank You For Smoking,' and I'd go work with him to do anything.
Sam Elliott -
Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
Frances McDormand -
There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling out money on their education loans. If the economy is looking for a new generation of home-buyers, I can't imagine they'll get it from these folks.
Gail Collins -
I am very excited to be able to work more with young designers and support them.
Carine Roitfeld
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People often call 'If I Stay' my baby novel, and I have to correct them. It's not my first book. It's just the first one anybody paid attention to.
Gayle Forman -
Although my mother didn't necessarily approve of teenage girls wearing heels, she made an exception for me when I was 14 because she didn't want me to be self-conscious about my height - or to slouch.
L'Wren Scott -
When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going.
Laura Schlessinger -
I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
Bear Grylls -
The amount of culture going on in a small country like Israel is amazing.
Zubin Mehta -
I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano.
Fiona Apple
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I think the fashion industry and the media industry in general have a responsibility to make sure that they celebrate the rich differences in all our backgrounds to make sure we don't fall into the trap of reducing beauty to one specific mold.
Philomena Kwao -
I don't think of spiritual principle as a struggle. I think of life lived without spiritual principles as a struggle.
Marianne Williamson -
King Hussein never lost his faith, no matter how difficult and unbearable and cruel the circumstances could be. I always remember that. It helps me get through everything. It's a way of trying to keep that positive spirit alive for as many people as we can touch. I think that's good for the world.
Queen Noor of Jordan -
If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
Sam Mendes -
The older I get, the more I have to think long and hard about what I need to say and why.
Abi Morgan -
Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors.
I. M. Pei