Frank Gehry Quotes
Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got work because of Bilbao.
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I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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When you know that people know who you are, you are always working - and not the work you want to do. You are sort of performing, because you know they are looking - or at least glancing - at you.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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When you're never home and traveling, you don't play videogames.
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My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.
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About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But with the help and support of old friends, we built a grassroots operation organically from the ground up.
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I'm always drawing, so Draw Something is a cool game to play against your friends when you're bored and sat chilling out and relaxing.
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I invite people to read the hundreds of positive articles instead of getting affected by the occasional outburst from a troll.
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Pray for divine guidance in your goal setting.
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The more you make people alike, the more competition you have. Competition is based on the principle of conformity. (p. 135)
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People don't like to talk about victory and defeat anymore.
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Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
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One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen.
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Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got work because of Bilbao.
