Charles Jencks Quotes
I do believe architecture, and all art, should be content-driven. It should have something to say beyond the sensational.
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I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities and for grand politicians and superstars. We are a TV station for the ordinary person. The normal people, ordinary people in the Arab world sees Al Jazeera as their voice.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department.
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I didn't want to be an accountant; I found myself being a banker, which was a bit different. I went to university, and I was going to do a Ph.D. in the States, but I didn't get the funding for it, so I had two years where I had a bit of a wobble and didn't really know what I wanted to do, and I ended up working as a banker.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you can always cook. You can end up in small village in Peru where somebody's cooking, take a spoon and taste it, and you might not be too sure what you're eating, but you can taste the soul in the food. That's what is beautiful with food.
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I'm the only one responsible for the choices I make and the opportunities I get. When you read the script, you don't know how it's going to shape up. You just know what you've been narrated.
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.
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I don't even want to touch on the topic of black quarterback, because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green.
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If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audience, there was a higher chance that I would actually go cover it with a television camera instead of just write the story myself and read it on the air.
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I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
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For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.
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To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.
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The mystical life is at the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write.
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Machetes are party to the inner depths of my knowledge, things that I don’t even remember!
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I do believe architecture, and all art, should be content-driven. It should have something to say beyond the sensational.
