Mario Botta Quotes
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As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people don't talk about race amongst themselves!
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Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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There's great stuff out there, but I prefer doing a TV show, going to work every day with the same people, and a lot of stuff is not being shot in Los Angeles and I don't really want to do that because my loved ones are here.
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But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make.
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The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.
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The finest lesson I've learned with age is that all I need is a small team of comrades who inspire me, try not to judge me, and remind me when I'm judging myself.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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I would rather not have contentious interviews. I'd rather do 30 minutes with Charlie Rose, laid back in a La-Z-Boy chair.
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I think I really like psychology because my job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.
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Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid.
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If Madrid does not want an accord, and the majority of Catalans want an independent state, how can you avoid that?
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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
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I could make up characters till the cows came home. Plot's what hard. Very hard.
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Our silence is deafening and deadly.
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Success isn't owned - it's leased. And rent is due every day. Every single day, someone's coming for your job. Someone's coming for your greatness. If you're the greatest, someone wants to be the greatest, and so if you're not constantly improving your game, somebody else is.
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Hard and impossible are two different things!
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...I know good design when I fail to trip over it.
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The worst of being a Communist is the parties you may go to are - well - awfully funny and touching but not very gay...I don't see the point of sad parties, do you? And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.
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I wanted to design a museum in which everything would seem clear.