Aldo Rossi Quotes
What surprises me most in architecture, as in other techniques, is that a project has one life in its built state but another in its written or drawn state.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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I began visiting Lima's prisons back in 2007, when my first novel, 'Lost City Radio,' was published in Peru.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
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I want to take a close look at the SBA to see what works, what doesn't, what is duplicative, and what isn't even being utilized. We'll focus on what they do well and strengthen those areas.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
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I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.
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The show has become my therapy.
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My point is that, over the years, I've taught five thousand people acting and lately I have a lot of energy on these kids, having the same break I had as a high school girl.
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You can't be against bullying without actually doing something about it.
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The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.
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According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin Laden despite repeated warnings from his intelligence experts.
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I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey.
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When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.
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If Adele's seen as boring, then I'm happy to be boring as well.
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I didn't even start college until I was 21.
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There is nothing fundamentally wrong with America's cities that money can't cure.
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Tears. They’re like seeds in a watermelon. Good for spitting out.
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What surprises me most in architecture, as in other techniques, is that a project has one life in its built state but another in its written or drawn state.
