Paul Goldberger Quotes
The bias among architecture critics isn't against skyscrapers per se, but against the way in which their design is so heavily dictated by economic considerations - the way in which skyscrapers are real estate before they are architecture.
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If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.
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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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You cannot underestimate people's ability to spot a soulless, bureaucratic tactic a million miles away. It's a big reason why so many companies that have dipped a toe in social media waters have failed miserably.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.
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The statues of Lenin and Stalin are down, but the fight against their ghosts seems harder.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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I've had confidence in myself all along. It was just a matter of getting the pieces back in place.
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When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.
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Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy.
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Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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I feel like I'm exactly where I should be.
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I had a unique circumstance in which my career was associated with George W. Bush, who went straight to the top. I went to work for him in October of 1993. So my whole identity in national politics is associated with this president, and you know, I kind of want to leave it that way. It's not tugging at me to go do the '08 cycle.
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I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on the Internet looking at a screen. That's what I hate about all this technology.
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The War Between the States was about independence, about self-determination, about the right of a people to break free of a government to which they could no longer give allegiance... How long is this endless groveling before every cry of 'racism' going to continue before the whole country collectively throws up?
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New Zealand has incredible global recognition for grass-fed livestock.
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Music would probably go. A lot of art would. That’s what I’m saying – I’m really into comics and movies and video games, and I don’t want to give that stuff up. At the same time, I think it’s filling the void for the stuff we’re missing.
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Yoga is a great thing and meditation is also great to get connected to yourself more.
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Actors don't have to be linked in real life for the chemistry to be translated on screen.
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When you are dealing with something that's crazy, you still want actors to play characters and find the reality of the situation, no matter how absurd the situation is.
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New York, you got money on your mind. And my words won't make a dime's worth a difference, so here's to you New York.
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The bias among architecture critics isn't against skyscrapers per se, but against the way in which their design is so heavily dictated by economic considerations - the way in which skyscrapers are real estate before they are architecture.
