Maya Lin Quotes
The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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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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Beyond any question, the way the American founders consistently linked faith and freedom, republicanism and religion, was not only deliberate and thoughtful, it was also surprising and anything but routine.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Bitcoin has so much potential, and that's why the believers are trying to facilitate its use as a currency, so people use to buy things and spread it around more.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.
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My father played guitar, so I always wanted to play for that reason. But I think the biggest reason was just the '90s in general - growing up listening to the Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and bands like that, and going to concerts and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.
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I love going to the spa; it rejuvenates me and leaves me happy.
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I am proud to be a woman.
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We want people to know they shouldn't feel like social pariahs just because they want to dress differently or listen to rock n' roll.
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A lot of my songs are fantasy. I can dream up all kinds of things. That's the kind of world I live in. It's very sort of flamboyant, and that's the kind of way I write. I love it.
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Beautiful is what we see, More Beautiful is what we know, most Beautiful by far is what we don't.
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If you are going into show business for money and power, forget it! It won't happen. You don't go for that first.
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The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.
