Jaime Lerner Quotes
If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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There is no shortage of embarrassing facts about healthcare, and people die every day in the U.S. due to preventable errors - would you fly planes if you knew several of them would drop out of the sky every day?
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
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I do a lot of visualisations and meditation and a lot of hippie stuff.
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I travel regularly and have learnt to be very methodical as far as packing is concerned. For example, I always check the weather in advance of where I'm going to ensure that I've packed the right clothes.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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Dancing was one of the hobbies my brother and I had when we were kids, and dance ended up being the one that stuck. I dropped everything else until that was what was left in the end.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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There are a lot of teams that don't want to play, that only want to defend against Barcelona, and that makes it difficult. We're always looking for the open space. A lot of times we'll face six defenders and four midfielders.
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To convince another part of the world that Bollywood is not just jokers who break into song and dance was very difficult. I'm literally ploughing the ground and making people understand that Indian actors are not a joke.
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I am so used to being up on stage and talking to my fans that it's strange to be on stage and be someone else. I can't look at the audience during 'In the Heights' or I will start talking to them.
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Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.
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If you provide good alternatives for public transport, you won't have traffic problems.
