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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There is one Physician, of flesh and of spirit, originate and unoriginate, God in man, true Life in death, son of Mary and son of God, first passible and then impassible: Jesus Christ our Lord.
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To the West, it seems hardly imaginable that the relationship between man and man (which is morality) could be maintained without reference to a Supreme Being, while to the Chinese it is equally amazing that men should not, or could not, behave toward one another as decent beings without thinking of their indirect relationship through a third party.
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It's more difficult to write a song about having your heart ripped out of your chest while you're in love. Because it lacks honesty. And the honesty comes through in the music, it really does.
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People say I am the king of painful shoes. I don't want to create painful shoes, but it is not my job to create something comfortable. I try to make high heels as comfortable as they can be, but my priority is design, beauty and sexiness. I'm not against them, but comfort is not my focus.
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Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.
