Rafael Vinoly Quotes
Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.
 
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	Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.   
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	I was just finishing up 'Spotlight' in Toronto - I finished it on a Tuesday and started 'True Detective' on a Friday. So I was missing rehearsals, unfortunately, which I hate and why I never like to work back-to-back.   
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	I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.   
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	When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.   
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	I try to choose the projects that I think are the most well-written and well-executed, and the rest of it is so beyond my control to be almost not worth thinking about at all.   
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	If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.   
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	People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'   
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	Know or listen to those who know.   
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	Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.   
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	When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.   
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	I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn't really know what was going on. Everybody else knew stuff that I didn't know.   
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	We know that the elements in play in a show like 'Confederate' are much more raw, much more real, and people come into them much more sensitive and more invested, than they do with a story about a place called 'Westeros,' which none of them had ever heard of before they read the books or watched the show.   
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	For me, genres are a way for people to easily categorize music. But it doesn't have to define you. It doesn't have to limit you.   
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	My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.   
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	I know what people laugh at. I know their vocabulary.   
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	I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.   
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	I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.   
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	The Self is self-luminous without darkness and light, and is the reality which is self-manifest. Therefore, one should not think of it as this or as that. The very thought of thinking will end in bondage.   
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	We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.   
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	There should be no economic border at all between the North and South.   
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	It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.   
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	In a way, I was almost happy to see her. The worst part of me, out in the flesh. Blinking back at me in the dim light, daring me to call her a name other than my own.   
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	I hope history will judge us to have tackled the problem effectively and delivered a sustainable future for Britain's public services.   
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	Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					