Philip Johnson Quotes
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
Hansie Cronje -
My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
Jack Davenport -
I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.
Karl Marlantes -
Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
Gail Simmons -
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Dalai Lama
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
H. P. Lovecraft -
I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
Sam Shepard -
I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
Felicia Day -
The way deals are done, every idea is looked at 50 different ways. Now, the market continues to change all the time. And we are always looking at everything in evaluating how it fits with our strategy.
Safra A. Catz -
A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
Abbas Kiarostami -
I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
Faith Ford
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I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.
Harold Pinter -
My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
Maeve Binchy -
Young people have so many letdowns that people don't realize.
Ione Skye -
Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
Randy Wayne White -
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Fannie Lou Hamer -
I'll give it a shot. But I don't know that a year from now I'm going to be here. Nobody does.
Harry Anderson
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In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason.
Baruch Spinoza -
The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSA's compliance record.
Barton Gellman -
There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given.
Natalie Portman -
Fashion, after all, is magic and miracle…intended to bestow proportion and beauty where both have been lost or faded with the years.
Charles James -
If your heart is racing, slow your breathing. Don't ignore your body just because your mind is scared. Your mind is a tool that can bring your body peace.
Hannah Hart -
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
Philip Johnson