Martin Filler Quotes
The tall building, concentrating man in one place more densely than ever before, similarly concentrates the dilemma of our public architecture at the end of the twentieth century: whether the new forms made possible by technology are doomed by the low calculations of modern patrons and their architects.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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After running for a while, things really start to open up in your body. I felt like I'd tapped into parts of my body that I hadn't before. I let things in the universe flow through me that opened me up in a really cool way.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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I hate having my picture taken.
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I immediately called the command center of the Department of Justice to let them know that my wife was on a plane that had been hijacked. I mainly wanted them know there was another hijacked plane out there.
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Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.
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I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.'
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I'm not closing the door on my solo career, but with 5th Story, if the public demand is there, then I'll continue to work with the band. If not, we'll all go our separate ways again.
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The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love.
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Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.
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You always end up saying and doing such horrible things to your family, 'cause you know they're never going anywhere, and at some point, they're going to forgive you.
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The fire burns as the novel taught it how.
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There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this.
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There is no system that is inherently moral if the participants themselves are not.
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Dantzig explains why the language of number had to be increased to meet the needs created by the new technology of letters. (p. 200)
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We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.
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The tall building, concentrating man in one place more densely than ever before, similarly concentrates the dilemma of our public architecture at the end of the twentieth century: whether the new forms made possible by technology are doomed by the low calculations of modern patrons and their architects.
