Walter Gropius Quotes
Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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The high point was that the people are really nice - despite the crazy politics - and I loved being there. The hardest part was knowing some of the things I was probably going to write about Texas would make those nice people very unhappy.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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There ain't no genius here. Strategy in baseball is overrated. People say, 'That Weaver, he plays for the long ball too much.' You bet I do. Hit 'em out. Then I got no worry about somebody lousing up a bunt, I got no worry about the hit and run - and that's really overrated - I got no worry about base-running errors. And I can't screw it up myself.
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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'The Larry Sanders Show,' it's actually about love, which would sound like a paradox at first. But if that love didn't exist, the darker attitudes would not play. You would have a one-dimensional, cynical show, which I don't think the show was.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.
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Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
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I actually don't think there is any difference between French and American cuisine. French cuisine was always about discipline, about ingredient, about creativity, but also about simple. I see America as very similar in these rights.
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All these other creatures have an equal right to exist here. We have no prior rights to the Earth than anybody else, and if they're here, let's give them a chance to survive.
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The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much.
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Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
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If wishes were stories, beggars would read...
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I love the make-up trailer. It's a great way to start the day, drinking coffee and singing along to Elvis with the make-up artists. They work wonders on a very sleepy face.
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
