Bjarke Ingels Quotes
Our cities are not polluted or congested because they have to be. They are what they are because that's how we made them.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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The freedom that money gives you makes you... well, I wouldn't say happy, but I'd say it gives you diversity.
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I don't wear plaid shirts.
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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians.
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I've always been happy with my body.
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I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.
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I'm kind of a recluse.
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I was an infantry Marine, and there are only so many things you can do when you get out of the military that you can apply your job to. Either a janitor or a cop. I tried to do both of those things because what else are you going to do?
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Adults sometimes think children don't think. That's what propels them to order children around. But children do integrate thoughts and make sense of them. When I was a child, I thought about everything in the universe.
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During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet.
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With good coaching, proper motivation and the right club structure with organic growth, you can achieve an awful lot in football.
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It is not necessary, nor appropriate, to sow dissent and misrepresent employees or constantly to threaten industrial action.
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I was keen on the idea of being famous. From as long as I can remember, I danced around the kitchen. I would dance around and sing and pretend that one day, somebody would break down from the big places and maybe wander over to our house to see if they could borrow our phone. They'd look in the window and see me prancing around and say, 'We found a star!' Beyond that, which is totally a kid dreaming, I was never under any belief that what we were doing was leading toward something. There was never any sort of formula.
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God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually.
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
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There's a difference between good chemistry and a bond. Chemistry is something you have with somebody you meet - or you don't. It's an intangible. It may be superficial. It's much harder to put your finger on than a bond.
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Our cities are not polluted or congested because they have to be. They are what they are because that's how we made them.
