Maya Lin Quotes
I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination.
Quotes to Explore
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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In the wake of the United Kingdom's vote to 'Brexit' the E.U., we Europeans will indeed have to rethink how our Union works; but we know very well what we need to work for. We know what our principles, interests, and priorities are.
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I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy... worship!
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.
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If I can go out there and be everywhere on the field, that's what I can control.
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A painter tries to convey to us a picture of the world as he sees it; an ophthalmologist tries to enable us to see the world as it really is. The logotherapist's role consists of widening and broadening the visual field of the patient so that the whole spectrum of potential meaning becomes conscious and visible to him.
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history.
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I told her I wanted a plastic surgeon to sew me up, and I wanted her to freeze my ovaries, so I could harvest the eggs and have a biological child through a surrogate.
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In Chicago, they die for their teams.
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Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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It's a dream when some people think that once you give your life to God, all of a sudden things are perfect. That's not the case. We live in a world that's broken, where there's disease, where people are selfish. The foundation of your faith helps you know how to put that in proper perspective.
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I suppose the Church would be perfect only if it were run by perfect beings. God is perfect, and His doctrine is pure. But He works through us - His imperfect children - and imperfect people make mistakes.
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I suppose I'm trying to build an architecture that's as timeless as possible, although we're all creatures of our age.
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I think it affected me physically and emotionally, yes. I did have my ups and downs, but I actually had more ups and downs after the shots were finished and she was pregnant because of the reality of being pregnant with twins.
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If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.
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I loved logic, math, computer programming. I loved systems and logic approaches. And so I just figured architecture is this perfect combination.
