Renzo Piano Quotes
One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again.
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There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling out money on their education loans. If the economy is looking for a new generation of home-buyers, I can't imagine they'll get it from these folks.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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I like singing all songs, really, but I find that writing social commentary comes naturally.
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My father was a carpenter, a very good carpenter. He also worked for the Jones boys. They were not family members, we weren't related at all. They started the policy racket in Chicago, and they had the five and dime store.
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You always end up saying and doing such horrible things to your family, 'cause you know they're never going anywhere, and at some point, they're going to forgive you.
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First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
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You must read Plato. But you must hold him at arm's length and say, 'Plato, you have delighted and edified mankind for two thousand years. What have you to say to me?'
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Putin is slouching…looking like that bored schoolboy in the back of the classroom.
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When I retired from professional chess in 2005 to join the Russian pro-democracy movement against Putin, I was frequently asked how my chess experience might help me in politics. My answer was that it wouldn’t help much at all, because in chess we had fixed rules and uncertain results, while in Russian politics it was exactly the opposite.
Garry Kasparov -
The Anarchists most certainly believe in the Church; only they insist that all its work shall be purely voluntary, and that its discoveries and achievements, however beneficial, shall not be imposed upon the individual by authority.
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One thing about Notre Dame, it's like a service academy in a lot of ways. There is a closeness.
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Be bold and wear things you like. If you want to wear a cropped top, do it!
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Life is precious and relationships are precious. I'm a great believer in family.
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All our pleasures and possessions are consigned to oblivion, but the legacy we leave for Christ will endure forever.
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It makes a lot of sense to me. She seems to me like a Jewish woman, the way she thinks and behaves.
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There is something so fun about scaring yourself.
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If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.
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We have an opportunity with the Model S to refine the design language, the surfacing, and all aspects of functionality.
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One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again.
