Ian McHarg Quotes
It is not really necessary to destroy nature in order to gain God's favor or even his undivided attention.
Quotes to Explore
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.
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All of us grow.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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I love working with women.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
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The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry?
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Basically, what it comes down to is I love what I do. I don't do it for fame. I don't do it for money. I just love it.
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Often with television, particularly with lifestyle entertainment, they really try and box you in.
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Often the magical elements in my books are standing in for elements of the real world, the small and magical-in-their-own-right sorts of things that we take for granted and no longer pay attention to, like the bonds of friendship that entwine our own lives with those of other people and places.
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A player who conjugates a verb in the first person singular cannot be part of the squad, he has to conjugate the verb in the first person plural. We. We want to conquer. We are going to conquer. Using the word I when you're in a group makes things complicated.
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We'd go in there without much of an idea and sit and discuss. They evolved in the studio itself. Directions would appear, and it often fell to me to write the poem that connected the dots.
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You are within God. God is within you.
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Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for - life by keeping eyes, mind and heart open to nature, men, books, experience - and what he gathers serves him at unexpected moments in unforeseen ways.
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It is not really necessary to destroy nature in order to gain God's favor or even his undivided attention.
