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 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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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 guess there might come a point when I will want to live an anonymous life. I'm only at the start of my career, so I'm sure that moment will come, but I know how blessed I am to have this platform on which to speak and influence.
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There's a song called 'My Faith' that's kind of my spiritual song on my record. It's a little bit of my softer side of me, comin' out of left field a little bit.
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I thought that people should know about the dangers of Satanism, and diabolism does exist - there's no question about it.
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I'm a big fan of the military. I think we've got to preserve our military, no question about it.
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I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under my desk.
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Even before Snapchat, you go back into my career from Day One or interview people that knew me for 25 years, they're going to tell you I've been DJ Khaled my whole life.
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You got to have an emotional connect with the audience who watch you.
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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.
