Richard Rogers Quotes
My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, 'Mara, you were five.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, but I still should have known better!' I'm a lifelong perfectionist, what can I say?
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It's difficult losing, but it's even more difficult when you didn't make a shot. I could see the ball just didn't go your way on an out-of-bounds play or something like that, but when you're just not making them, it's frustrating.
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I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.
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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
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Do you remember any instance where tyranny was destroyed and freedom established on its ruins, among a people possessing so small a share of virtue and public spirit? I recollect none, and this more than the British arms makes me fearful of final success, without a reform.
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I don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?
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For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.
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A man without a heroic bent starts dying at the age of thirty.
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It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.
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If you absolutely can't tolerate critics, then don't do anything new or interesting.
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Innovation almost always is not successful the first time out. You try something, and it doesn't work, and it takes confidence to say we haven't failed yet... Ultimately, you become commercially successful.
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When you're in a position that you can comfortably give, you need to pay it forward.
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Bush is no conservative.
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I'm into women. I've always loved women.
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach.
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When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.
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I want to be known as a triple threat. I have aspirations to win an Oscar and a Grammy, and I also want to win a Tony. I want to be one of those guys like Frank Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr. that crossed all those barriers of entertainment.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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In my professional and personal life, when I meet people who feel broken after a divorce, they can usually be divided into two categories: those who truly believe there's something wrong with them, and those that are using their status as armor.
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I don't like parties. There was never a party I was at where I didn't wish I was somewhere else.
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I made and created a show that my family was all on board with, and we were so excited because we got to work together.
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My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.
