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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'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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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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There's something pretty awesome about staying with a character and growing.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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But if an actress asks me my opinion, I would tell her there are a million different designers who make faux fur. If you like that look, wear faux fur. If you're doing it on the red carpet, you're doing it for how it looks. Faux fur and real fur look the same on camera.
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Distrust that man who tells you to distrust.
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Kisses honeyed by oblivion.
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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.
