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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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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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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I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.
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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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When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.
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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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Honestly, I'm willing to experiment with far more variety in roles than I'm given. But ultimately, it's the producer's decision. But, I've done a variety of roles - the evil don, the evil husband... I've done villainous roles, supporting roles, etc.
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Some days I do well and I eat really healthfully. But I don't think we should deprive ourselves of anything, so some days I indulge and give in to cravings.
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I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.
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For me, the big chore is always the same: how to begin a sentence, how to continue it, how to complete it.
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No one spoke in terms of children's literature, as opposed to adult literature, until around the 1940s. It wasn't categorised much before then. Even Grimm's tales were written for adults. But it is true that ever since 'Harry Potter' there has been a renaissance in fantasy literature. J. K. Rowling opened the door again.
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I don't separate architecture, design, or culture. What's more important is a language of creativity that carries meaning.
