Steven Holl Quotes
Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.
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I start the day with oatmeal with vanilla almond milk. If I don't, I'm dying by noon and eating everything in sight. On-set, I avoid crap and pack soup and salad. I cook pork chops or turkey tacos for dinner.
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Actors make less than you think.
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In many films, as many different characters, I've killed many different people.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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One of the things I would love for people to think about is social responsibility. If you are fortunate enough to be someone who owns land, I think you ought to be making the most efficient use of that land possible.
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Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
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Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.
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Every faculty and virtue I possess can be used as an instrument with which to worry myself.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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My goal is to send a message to Muslim women and young women everywhere that it's okay to break stereotypes and be yourself.
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I was a tomboy right from the time I was a kid and loved to be like that. I'd hate all the girlie things. Well my best friends as a kid have been boys. I get along best with the opposite sex. I guess that's the case with most people though!
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Shopping turns me off.
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Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.
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The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals?
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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I am so organized that it's dysfunctional. Everything has a place. I am a very visual person, so my environment is important to me. If my environment is messy, I can't think clearly. I don't like clutter. A clean desk is a clean mind for me.
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With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable.
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Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.
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Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.
