Shana Alexander Quotes
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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Modes are infinite, and laws are infinite.
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From now back to the past, we can observe clearly that none of us is free.
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I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter.
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It is ironic that it doesn't matter how successful I am in any other capacity: ultimately, my parents' marker is 'Do you have a wife?' and 'Do you have children?'
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What difference does it make, whether we keep our silence because they force us or because we're afraid they might force us?
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He vanished abruptly, like an eel going into mud.
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Cinema returns us to anima, religion of matter, which gives each thing its special divinity and sees gods in all things and beings. Cinema, heir of alchemy, last of an erotic science.
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The sea is superb, but the cliffs don't match up to those at Fecamp. Here I'll be certain to do more boats.
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What is a bow and arrow?It is the beginning of the end. It is the winding path that grows to the roaring road of war.It is a plaything and a weapon and a triumph in human engineering.It is the first faint stirring of an atom bomb.It is a symbol of a way of life.
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But this principle of race is unfortunately one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.
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The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.
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I grew up on movie sets, so it was something I just found familiar. When I was growing up also, in high school, I would audition for things and my parents let me audition for things - with the thought that I wouldn't get them. And then I would get them... sometimes, and it would surprise them.
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I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks.
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In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.
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Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?
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If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.
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If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.
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Every night is a joy; you get an hour and a half of all these hits. It's a lot of fun.
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Sergeant Bergdahl may have broken any number of military laws.
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College is a safe space where it can be hard to truly fail. The institution is rooting for you because your failure makes them look bad, too. New York City has no such mandate. I've had to hone and sharpen and refine my work here at a pace which may not have happened in other cities.
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I hardly ever missed school, and I always got my work in on time. I was a good student and always got top grades.
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The price of shallow sex may be a corresponding loss of capacity for deep love.
