Neri Oxman Quotes
The second-most abundant biopolymer on the planet is called chitin, and some 100 million tons of it are produced every year by organisms such as shrimps, crabs, scorpions, and butterflies. We thought if we could tune its properties, we could generate structures that are multifunctional out of a single part.
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The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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Sex is a bad thing because it rumples the clothes.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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Successful people are not interesting. I feel for the losers. That's where my heart lies.
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No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a long tiresome business I always found.
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I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.
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I'm a pro-horserace guy.
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Playing this game, you cannot have nothing holding you back. If you're thinking, you're wrong automatically.
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The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has left a mark on our culture to be voted as one of the best to ever play.
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I don't think any of us can compete with Cowell. He is the best at what he does.
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I can walk into a bookshop and point out a number of books that I find very unattractive in what they say. But it doesn't occur to me to burn the bookshop down. If you don't like a book, read another book. If you start reading a book and you decide you don't like it, nobody is telling you to finish it.
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I'd like to professionally... continue my education and hopefully become an attorney. I think that's the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else. I don't think it should ever happen to anyone ever again - not one person.
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I suppose making documentaries is like doing journalism on film.
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That's the biggest part of going to church. You just learn how to hide your bad in front of people.
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My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just get the lawn mower out, walk down the neighborhood, cut grass.
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The second-most abundant biopolymer on the planet is called chitin, and some 100 million tons of it are produced every year by organisms such as shrimps, crabs, scorpions, and butterflies. We thought if we could tune its properties, we could generate structures that are multifunctional out of a single part.
