David Chipperfield Quotes
It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk?' Sometimes that's where your better creative work happens.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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Everyone is capable of everything.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.
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I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it's very weird, very confusing.
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I have a pretty terrible sweet tooth.
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Do you know who the upright of heart are? They are those who wish what God wishes. Therefore, do not try to twist God's will to you own but correct your will to that of God. The will of God is a rule of conduct. By it you have the means of being converted and of correcting your evil ways.
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The essence of the game is not "fun," but the soul-satisfying awareness that comes from communal work and sacrifice.
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It used to be presumed that if you weren't at your desk working, you weren't working, But we said, 'Why can't we make a workplace where casual meetings are as important as working at your desk?' Sometimes that's where your better creative work happens.
