Christian de Portzamparc Quotes
An architect must remember that the people working or living in his building need space - to dream, to be quiet, to find beauty somewhere.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
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I get hugs all the time from strangers. I do believe that people can feel your persona when you perform live, but it is one of the nicest things if you can translate that on your records.
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I like the idea of acting. Of all these things I've done, sometimes I think I've done well, and sometimes I think I didn't do well, but they are more cameos, and I come in and be crazy.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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Action is the real measure of intelligence.
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For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make.
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The best thing you can do for your body is sleep. It's simple. Cater to your body as much as to your mind. Your body, after all, houses your mind. You have to pay attention to your physicality as much as your mentality.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
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I don't feel we need a declaration from the Palestinians that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
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Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?
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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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People making it like I sit there and eat a whole plate of candy before I play a basketball game. I don't think anyone could do that.
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You've been entrusted with a lot of money and a lot of careers, and a lot of people put their faith in me, and every director goes through that every time.
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I call myself an accidental entrepreneur. I was all set to take up a brewing job in Scotland when a chance encounter with an Irish entrepreneur led me to set up a biotech business in India instead.
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Sting I've seen a few times, and he really inspired me in the sense that he breaks the songs down a lot and will take a different approach. He'll take an acoustic approach to them; he'll rearrange them for the live stage.
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I think you are putting the cart before the horse.
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There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.
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Reverence invites Revelation.
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An architect must remember that the people working or living in his building need space - to dream, to be quiet, to find beauty somewhere.
