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 particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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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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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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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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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
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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 insist that there is nothing sacred in the life of an invader, and there is no valid principle of human society that forbids the invaded to protect themselves in whatever way they can.
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Espousing the melancholy of ancient symbols, I would have freed myself.
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.
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Constantly scanning the world for the negative comes with a great cost. It undercuts our creativity, raises our stress levels, and lowers our motivation and ability to accomplish goals.
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Obama is a great man who's just beginning to understand the realities. And I'm not just saying that because he reads my books. I would have voted for him anyway.
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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.
