Maya Lin Quotes
Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.
Quotes to Explore
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I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat oneself.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I'd always put on little shows at home, but when I was 11, I did a community event in Woodford, where anyone could go.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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You didn't hear anything about 'Celtic Pride' when they had Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe and they were only winning 32 games a year.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
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I don't feel guilty about the music I love. If you feel guilty about something you dig, then you should stop feeling guilty about it. One of my favorite albums to this day is the 10th anniversary ensemble cast of 'Les Miserables,' the ultimate cast recording, and it is still something I love listening to top to bottom.
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By elevating your reading, you will improve your writing or at least tickle your thinking.
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I think women should have insight as to how men think. Just like men should have insight into how women think.
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There was nothing so antipodal to his nature as this man's cold, unimaginative sagacity, by contact with which everything was converted into a dream except the densest matter of the physical world.
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Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.
