Philip Johnson Quotes
I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point.Philip Johnson
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I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.
Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe -
You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
Nathan Bedford Forrest -
I worked with Herb Ritts on the Marky Mark shoot, and then Steven Meisel, and then they'd start sending limos for me, and I was like, 'That is so embarrassing. I'm not getting in a stretch limo by myself to go to a shoot.' That whole New York thing of, 'You are fabulous! Turn up to a Meisel shoot in a limo and you're fabulous!'
Kate Moss -
It feels like a game, this work I do. It is totally heartfelt, and I love the sticky terrain, the straight-up cartoons, how the irrepressible and icky rise to the surface. But I am not just trying to call forth bugaboos and demons for the sake of it, for fun.
Kara Walker -
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
Oscar Wilde
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
Dale Carnegie -
Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
Aaron Neville -
It's been tough for me being away from the game.
Saku Koivu -
Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
Jackee Harry -
We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
Mahmoud Abbas
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The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural.
Hakeem Olajuwon -
Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
Kalpana Chawla -
I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
Imogen Cunningham -
It takes one person to give you a big chance.
Patricia Velasquez -
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
Ice T
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It is a curious accident of history that the Christian religion became heavily involved with theology. No other religion finds it necessary to formulate elaborately precise statements about the abstract qualities and relationships of gods and humans. ... The idea that God may be approached and understood through intellectual analysis is uniquely Christian.
Freeman Dyson -
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
Mario Andretti -
I’m not as intellectual as my daughter. She says bigger words than I … I don’t even know what they mean… But she’s so amusing to me and it’s wonderful to be around her.
Debbie Reynolds -
But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them.
Neville Marriner -
Our vulnerability to Russia or any other foreign power is directly related to how divided, partisan, dysfunctional our political process is. That's the thing that makes us vulnerable.
Barack Obama -
I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point.
Philip Johnson