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 spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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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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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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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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I was talking to Marylanders... What we were hearing, everywhere, was an overwhelming sense of frustration. People felt a huge disconnect between Annapolis and the rest of Maryland.
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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've been with my husband and friends for so long, I've forgotten what is unappealing to new people.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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Readers want to visualize your story as they read it. The more exact words you give them, the more clearly they see it, smell it, hear it, taste it. Thus, a dog should be an 'Airedale,' not just a 'dog.' A taste should not be merely 'good' but 'creamy and sweet' or 'sharply salty' or 'buttery on the tongue.'
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I enjoy politics, but if I had a third career - and I've had multiple careers - my third act would be acting.
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Married sex is like being awake during your own autopsy. It is root canal work without anesthetic.
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People have to follow their hearts, and if their hearts lead them to WalMart, so be it.
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My family's from Eastern Europe.
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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.
