Peter Zumthor Quotes
I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.
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I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
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You must be independent and able to do for yourself. Then you do not have to marry a rich man; you can marry a poor one. And if it is wrong, you can go.
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Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones.
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The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small - a locked room-style story.
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Winning one league title at Roma, to me, is worth winning 10 at Juventus or Real Madrid.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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I don't do office work at home.
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I try not to make it personal, and I don't care about partisan politics one way or the other.
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We went from losses to goods seized by creditors, while continuing to organize surrealist or abstract exhibitions…
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Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it.
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The only currency isn't money. For me, it's about how can you build a good business that's also a social business.
Elliott Bisnow -
I can't sing or dance.
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I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.
