Bernd Becher Quotes
We don't agree with the depiction of buildings in the '20s and 1930s. Things were seen either from above or below which tended to monumentalize the object. This was exploited in terms of a socialistic view - a fresh view of the world, a new man, a new beginning.
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Even when I was making the first 'Paranormal Activity,' I didn't tell anyone I was making it, not my friends or neighbors or co-workers. I just kind of found that there was nothing to gain by announcing to the world that you're doing something.
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I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, 'I'm writing plays, I should learn about acting and what it is.' So I went to the HB Studio in New York, and I was there for about nine months.
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I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.
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Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
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One of the things you discover about being president is that there are all these rules and norms and laws and you got to pay attention to them.
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Iran is the latest expression of a deep, ancient, powerful culture that's different than ours. And we don't know how it's going to play itself out.
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I find it hard to say, because when I was there it seemed to be shut.
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
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...Fatherland without freedom and merit is a large word with little meaning.
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Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important.
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Mortals, while through the world you go, Hope may succor and faith befriend, Yet happy your hearts if you can but know, Love awaits at the journey's end!
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The joke used to be that in every Indian home, there is the mother, father, children, grandparents, and the anthropologist.
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My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that.
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Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.
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The average mind requires a change of environment before he can change his thought. He has to go somewhere or bring into his presence something that will suggest a new line of thinking and feeling. The master mind, however, can change his thought whenever he so desires. A change of scene is not necessary, because such a mind is not controlled from without. A change of scene will not produce a change of thought in the master mind unless he so elects.
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We haven't had any serious injuries or loss of life, and we'd like to keep it that way
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I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
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We don't agree with the depiction of buildings in the '20s and 1930s. Things were seen either from above or below which tended to monumentalize the object. This was exploited in terms of a socialistic view - a fresh view of the world, a new man, a new beginning.
