Peter Eisenman Quotes
I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm very self-critical.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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Islamism is an ideology that seeks to impose any version of Islam over society.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.
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I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times.
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Every time I've written a book, I'm like, 'Oh, it's so different from the last one. Are they going to like it?'
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It's a wonderful day for me, I made it to 80.
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I am definitely a serial monogamist. I can count on one hand the number of guys I've been with.
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I was an actor for over a year before I ever saw a play.
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I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.
