Martin Filler Quotes
By 1970, the first stirrings of the revolt against Modernist orthodoxy in architecture had been felt, although it would be several years more until Postmodernism was widely accepted and made classical motifs permissible in high-style building design for the first time in decades.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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At Ozon, salaries are evaluated every year based on market benchmarks which are gender neutral.
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I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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And the people I have been accountable to every single day in the Senate are the 27 million Texans who I represent and I made a promise to them that I make to you today, which is, if I am elected, every single day I will do two things: tell the truth, and do what I said I would do.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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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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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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My biggest concern with the whole deal with 'Total Divas' and with WWE - and, you know, they want you to be engaged with social media and all this kind of stuff - I don't want to live my life to entertain other people.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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All this breathing in Never breathing out.
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I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.
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I've always said it's easier for bands to make a hard stance - like, we don't do commercials or whatever, blah blah blah - when you've sold billions of records. It's super-easy to be righteous when you're rich.
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People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.
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Now U2's not my favorite band, but I do respect them, and in the same way I respect Bowie: They change without fear of change.
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By 1970, the first stirrings of the revolt against Modernist orthodoxy in architecture had been felt, although it would be several years more until Postmodernism was widely accepted and made classical motifs permissible in high-style building design for the first time in decades.
