Walter Gropius Quotes
Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.

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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and irrationally produce not merely objects, but weapons of war. These societies don't care about the destruction of the planet and mankind as long as they earn profits - it can't go on like this.
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The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
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The quality of TV, I think, is at an all-time high. The problem with it is the way that we end up consuming it - generally a cable box. A satellite receiver is, to me, nothing more than a glorified VCR.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.
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I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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I know the difference between true love and the love of my fans.
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I never had those dreams of making the Olympics. Never.
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Fashion choices are never arbitrary. Even if you say you don't care, that's a decision. There's something you're trying to say.
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As a scientist, the starting point is always the facts of the matter, whereas often, in politics, the starting point is how does this play in the next election.
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And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have rights, and they have made decisions to allow these businesses to prosper as they are a big part of their economy.
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At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.
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For me, more than general box-office collections, what really matters is that I am doing something that I enjoy and love.
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Who learns most from a good book is the author.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.