Peter Eisenman Quotes
I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.
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Brain cells are normally not sensitive to light. So by introducing light-sensitive proteins into specific types of neurons, we can now selectively control that specific type of neuron by shining light in the brain.
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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.
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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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It's easy to show off if you are making plays all the time. But it's not me.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.
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The polls and the pundits and the media seem to talk to each other. It's sort of like an echo chamber.
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I think the most rewarding part for me is kind of not knowing where the story's going next, and then finding out and being blown away by it.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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To me, there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds and universes.
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Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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I will say this about the Miz: Even though I don't like his wrestling style, he is a very hard worker. I have a huge amount of respect for him, and I want him to do well.
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I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.
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Never made a million dollars from any of my 78 movies. People thought I had this fortune, which I never had.
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Illinois has severe budget problem. You cannot cut your way out of the problem.
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We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want a family so we'll have to start thinking about that.
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I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.
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I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.
