Frank Gehry Quotes
A lot of people don't get it, but I design from the inside out so that the finished product looks inevitable somehow. I think it's important to create spaces that people like to be in, that are humanistic.
Quotes to Explore
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
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The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.
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Every day, I wake up and say, 'Good Morning, Jesus.'
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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.
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A lot of the Republicans wanted exactly what Barack Obama wanted, exactly what Nancy Pelosi wanted, exactly what Harry Reid wanted, which is to raise the debt ceiling, but they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gullible constituents back home they didn't do it.
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My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.
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We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
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Never explain, never complain.
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I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.
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I love doing kitchen renovations where we're opening up the kitchen and creating open-concept main floors. I think that's one renovation that really changes the way people live in their homes.
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Uruguayans are competitive, and we always want to win. Even though we try to hide it, it is impossible.
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I don't think much about my physical body going off into the long, green fairways of Heaven to play golf.
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A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he felt about what was going on around him. I felt the pressures that were on him. You can see what people were writing to him, how they were nudging him.
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A lot of people don't get it, but I design from the inside out so that the finished product looks inevitable somehow. I think it's important to create spaces that people like to be in, that are humanistic.
