Daniel Libeskind Quotes
We often judge cities by great public buildings. But we admire great cities because people live there in a beautiful way. You have to think about how each person will live there; you can't just think about abstract ideas.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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I'm confident in who I am. I've come to a place in my life where I've accepted things that are me, as opposed to feeling pressure to explain myself to people around me. That's just the way I've always tried to be. It didn't change when I became a star.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of building a mosque near Ground Zero, this controversy now affords us an immense opportunity to examine who we are as a people. It provides us with the opportunity to get back to our foundational ideals, which have always stood as a beacon for the rest of the world.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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I'm a big routine guy. I have to have everything in threes.
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My biggest benching was before the 2012 Olympics. It kind of came out of nowhere. I just kind of had one bad half, 45 minutes, and it pretty much cost me my starting spot.
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I mix things from my Somali culture and my American side.
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To me, what I realized when we were doing 'Spinal Tap' - and the four of us wrote that - is, really, the core of that is the relationship with the two guys who grew up together and that strain when the girlfriend comes in. If that wasn't there, it's a very different movie. Then it's just bumbling guys stumbling along.
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I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents are.
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When I got to MIT, I discovered a really interesting Master's program called the Science and Technology and Policy Program - it taught people with a background in STEM how to think about science and tech from a policy perspective. It was a great way to understand how to communicate science to a policymaker or a layperson.
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There is no attitude required. The hat brings the attitude. And when people try on a hat they like, it is a bit of fun. It makes them laugh. You don't laugh when you put on a pair of shoes, but you do with a hat.
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We often judge cities by great public buildings. But we admire great cities because people live there in a beautiful way. You have to think about how each person will live there; you can't just think about abstract ideas.
