Peter Zumthor Quotes
Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades or the facades of buildings - sheltered places of great intimacy where I want to stay for a long time.
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If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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Never in a million years would I imagine Calvin Klein flying me out to my first men's fashion show.
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'Pong' is simply a knockoff of the Odyssey Ping-Pong game.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book.
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
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I think you can do science fiction, but you have to ground it in some realism. People need to identify with the characters, with their plights and their issues.
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I see a New York that is once again the empire state.
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Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
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A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
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After PepsiCo, I do want to go to Washington. I want to give back.
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I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have been doing it all the time. It's time for us to do it ourselves and tell it like it is.
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It's nice that we win sometimes up here - one time in 50 years - it's kind of nice. We've had great games, but we haven't won. To win here is pretty special.
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You might as well try and dam Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stop the reform wave sweeping our land.
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If I'm playing higher up the pitch, it's important I don't get carried away and start dropping too deep and I stay in my position.
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Faith slips - and laughs, and rallies.
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Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades or the facades of buildings - sheltered places of great intimacy where I want to stay for a long time.
