Minoru Yamasaki Quotes
In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.
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Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.
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I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.
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The comic edge of 'Ghostbusters' will always be the same. It's still treating the supernatural with a totally mundane sensibility.
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Modeling has always played off my D.J.-ing, but it is a fun supplement.
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A great byproduct of a TV show, movie, or play is when it can act as a catalyst for someone.
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Not that I want everything right now; but I do want everything.
Nastassja Kinski -
I think you can have a ridiculously enormous and complex data set, but if you have the right tools and methodology then it's not a problem.
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Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
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As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
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When I was in charge of the Christian Coalition I was available to mobilize grass roots support for somebody.
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Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people.
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I wouldn't want to be President now!
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Every day, we at the United Nations see the human toll of an absence of regulations or lax controls on the arms trade. We see it in the suffering of civilian populations trapped by armed conflict or pervasive crime. We see it in the killing and wounding of civilians - including children, the most vulnerable of all.
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Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time.
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Anything where we're the butt of the joke, no one tells us about it.
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I'm believing that miracles and blessings still exist.
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The era of Christianity peace, brotherhood, the Golden Rule as applied to governmental matters is. yet to come, and when it comes, then, and then only, will the future of nations be sure.
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A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.
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To carry language from two dimensions into three is the task of the poets, and the rebels in the 20th Century.
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There is a line from the Marina Tsvetaeva poem I'm so fond of: "In this most Christian of worlds/ All poets are Jews." What she means is that writers and artists are outside the normal flow of daily life, the normal flow of society in general.
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Well the artists that inspire me were, first of all I would say Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, John Holt, Alton Ellis, Errol Dunkley, Delroy Wilson and Dennis Brown you know. They have unique voice and sweet melody and you know, good lyrics those time yeh. The music was very nice in that time still seen, because you find that even the musical part, the musicians concentrate more on the melody than everything, more than how they concentrate on the money that time you Know
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In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.
