Neri Oxman Quotes
I don't separate architecture, design, or culture. What's more important is a language of creativity that carries meaning.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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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.
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The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer.
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Little remnants from everywhere I've been are scattered around my home. I collect rocks in a weird way, with stones from around the world as mementos. I've also got three haranas, which are little guitars.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
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Modelling wasn't a passion of mine, so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome people or groups angry, at other times I wonder why I put up with such grief.
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I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
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I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.
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I was always frightened by taverns. They just seemed like very unpleasant places to go.
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We talk about that a lot: how, when you're under pressure, it brings out the best and the worst in people.
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What I remember about being painted was a very severe atmosphere. I remember her intensity and sharp glance.
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Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well!
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I wonder if I could take back every 'I love you' ever said to you, would I do it?
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I don't separate architecture, design, or culture. What's more important is a language of creativity that carries meaning.
