Martin Filler Quotes
Architectural kitsch is most common in the commercial pop vernacular - typified by the Big Duck of 1931 in Flanders, New York, a Long Island roadside poultry stand resembling a duck, which Venturi and Scott Brown made a cult object through their writings.
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I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes.
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My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix.
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I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even to the deeply religious - that religious fanaticism is an extremely dangerous deranger of otherwise sane and goodhearted people.
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It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop.
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I've dreamed of being on the road, traveling and touring, for as long as I've been into doing music. It's what I live for. I just wanna be Willie Nelson.
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I have long admired Univision - a pioneer in the industry - and recognized the tremendous potential and influence of the burgeoning U.S. Hispanic population.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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In waking a tiger, use a long stick.
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The reason that I'm here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That's my truth.
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As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools.
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These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.
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Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good mood and easygoing but he takes his character very seriously.
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There's work for everybody, and I believe every actor gets what he/she deserves. Honestly, I just want to work as long as I can and do great films and act with every good actor around.
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Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.
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I was determined to dance. That's why I lasted so long.
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We have listened too long to the courtly Muses of Europe.
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I hate the past - especially my own past.
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I think once I see everybody and go through every team and their pitchers, I'll get an idea of what they like to do. And they'll see what I like to do and swing at. I think there's always something you've got to adjust to.
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I don't really think about dance except just before rehearsals start. I put it off. I don't live my life thinking about dance.
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It would have been better if you had died and Gershwin had written the elegy.
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I have a super supportive family.
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Architectural kitsch is most common in the commercial pop vernacular - typified by the Big Duck of 1931 in Flanders, New York, a Long Island roadside poultry stand resembling a duck, which Venturi and Scott Brown made a cult object through their writings.
