Christian de Portzamparc Quotes

When I was 18, I lived in Greenwich Village, New York, for nine months. At that time, I wanted to change the world, not through architecture, but through painting. I lived the artist's life, mingling with poets and writers, and working as a waiter. I was intrigued by the aliveness of the city.

Christian de Portzamparc

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• I have played Blair Cramer for 20 years, I feel a personal investment in the success of 'One Life to Live.' I love the show, I'm a fan of the characters, and I have invested in the journey these fictional characters have traveled.

  

  Kassie DePaiva
  • Life
  • Live
  • Love

• Raining on parades requires no skill or effort on the part of a politician.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Effort
  • Skill
  • Raining

• I want to do everything in the world that can be done.

  

  Fanny Kemble
  • World
  • Done
  • Want

• I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is - this thing that happens to everyone, so I've heard.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Feelings

• I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

  

  Candice Bergen
  • Life
  • Mom
  • Daughter

• For a long time, I was a career woman and that was it.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Time
  • Long
  • Career

• Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.

  

  Daniel Boone
  • Soul
  • Man
  • Interesting

• A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Time
  • True
  • Man

• For a short time I was an assistant to a professional photographer, and I felt that my soul was not there. That is the stage when I decided to stay in London and do a graduate degree.

  

  Ori Gersht
  • Time
  • Soul
  • Professional

• On 'Van Halen,' I was a young punk, and everything revolved around the fastest kid in town, gunslinger attitude. But I'd say that at the time of 'Fair Warning,' I started concentrating more on songwriting. But I guess in most people's minds I'm just a gunslinger.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • People
  • Time
  • Attitude

• I know how to put it into a melody and make it comical but sexual at the same time.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Time
  • Know
  • Same

• I wouldn't trade anything for family time. To me, it is more important than everything else, and I have a very deep-rooted belief in it, which is influenced by my Jewish faith. That's a very great source of who I am and what I believe in.

  

  Felicity Kendal
  • Time
  • Great
  • Believe

• Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change.

  

  Sam Simon
  • World
  • Change
  • Problem

• Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.

  

  Tecumseh
  • Life
  • Live
  • Heart

• I'm not one of those actors who needs the media spotlight all the time to feel gratified. I'm happy to do one project a year and take the rest of the year off as long as that project is special.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Time
  • Long
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• When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it's a fictional world or a real world, you do get to see somebody else's point of view, whether he's a good guy or a bad guy.

  

  Faran Tahir
  • World
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  • Real

• In feature films, unless there was a body count, they weren't hiring me to direct it.

  

  Gary Sherman
  • Me
  • Body
  • Films

• I really can't hate more than 5 or 10 years. Wouldn't it be terrible to be always burdened with those primary emotions you had at one time?

  

  Han Suyin
  • Time
  • Hate
  • Emotions

• If we were all kind, if we were all loving and respectful to one another, this world would be so different. So it starts with you, and you can do it. Don't let anything hold you back!

  

  Ally Brooke Fifth Harmony
  • World
  • Different

• I think back to my childhood, and I remember running around as a kid. We were all running around then. It wasn't about getting into shape. It's just what we did.

  

  Chris Cornell Soundgarden
  • Remember
  • Running
  • Childhood

• I have a nice house, nice cars, nice watches, nice things. I've got money in the bank. I'm not in need of a few quid - as it stands. It's all irrelevant to me.

  

  Tyson Fury
  • Money
  • House
  • Nice

• Business is tough, and the fashion industry is particularly tough.

  

  Ali Hewson
  • Business
  • Fashion

• Jeffrey Zeldman had an astonishing ability to craft a seductive coolness using educated references, dry humor, and retro/organic imagery.

  

  Matt Mullenweg
  • Seductive

• When I was 18, I lived in Greenwich Village, New York, for nine months. At that time, I wanted to change the world, not through architecture, but through painting. I lived the artist's life, mingling with poets and writers, and working as a waiter. I was intrigued by the aliveness of the city.

  

  Christian de Portzamparc
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