Maya Lin Quotes
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
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I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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It's great to be able to continue my career in Chicago. Playing with the best organization in sports and the best fans in the game is a blessing.
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
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A lot of people think that to make it as a model you just need to be pretty and slim, but they're wrong. There's a lot of hard work involved. You have to be very focused, know what kind of work you're aiming for.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.
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I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
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I think things can surprise you. I mean, I loved Instagram from the minute it started, but I think it surprised a lot of people how quickly it got huge.
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I'm vehemently against population transfer. I'm against expelling anyone from his house, ever - whether it be a Jew or an Arab.
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I want to make good, fun films, not necessarily experimental ones.
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The birthplace of 'Western' civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the 6th century B.C.E. Obviously, there is not one single dramatic moment that definitively started the whole thing.
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When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.
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I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy.
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The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song.
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I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me.
