L. E. J. Brouwer Quotes
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.
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Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?
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I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
Garry Kasparov -
Living in New York for 10 months was incredible; it was everything I thought it was going to be and more.
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I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer.
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Banking is a very treacherous business because you don't realize it is risky until it is too late. It is like calm waters that deliver huge storms.
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Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays.
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As a producer, it's your job to bang on the table and convince studio heads why great movies should be made.
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I need to lose some weight. I'm getting really fat. But I'm getting older, and I just can't stop eating wonderful food. Rich, wonderful food.
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I want to be able to make sure that we have enough capital to survive at least three consecutive failures. If you want to make a small fortune in the launch vehicle business, start with a large one.
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Much of the rest of the world has already learned some English. They pretty much understand the American way of doing things, because our culture has been ubiquitous and has been the 500-pound gorilla in the global economy. But the world is far more interrelated than ever before, and no one culture can thrive without the knowledge of how to function in other cultures.
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The construction itself is an art, its application to the world an evil parasite.
