Walter Gropius Quotes
The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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Personally, of course it's exasperating when people think you're just swanning around in Europe, going to the occasional fashion show and then being glamorous at a party.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
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I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.
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For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.
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That Happily Ever After is a great way to tell stories when you're young but eventually it loses its meaning because it's just not true.
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Apple might sell a lot of watches to the faithful, and no doubt the bozos will line up outside stores again just because they love to stand outside in lines. Look at me! I'm so techie!
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By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.
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If you think about a lifestyle short of retirement that lends itself to being a hardcore gamer, there is none better than being a major league starting pitcher. I work once every five days and travel and am alone all the time. So while the other guys were spending their money on the all the cars and jewelry, I bought laptops.
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Even famous poets such as Marianne Moore and William Carlos Williams were rarely asked to read their poems.
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The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
