Cesar Pelli Quotes
I realize that having a style would be very beneficial for my practice from a marketing standpoint, but I can't do it. I believe my responsibilities as an architect are to design the most appropriate building for the place. Each place has a distinct culture and function, which for me requires an appropriate answer.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
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I've always been attracted to action stuff.
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That a man built the biggest church in the world is not an issue, not something to be excited about. The people of Satan also have money to build a big place and worship him.
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I don't care if people remember Garth Brooks.
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'Painting like a child' isn't a negative for me... it's something only great artists can really achieve. The childlike quality of some of Picasso's drawings is precisely what makes them so masterful and extraordinary; the ability to express complete visions, feelings and portraits through a continuous line.
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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
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I don't know about hiding away, but I really only like to present myself when I'm working on something - it's more my work I like to present to the world rather than myself.
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I don't have bad taste; I have no taste. I wear a lot of the things I wore in high school, but not the cowl-neck sweaters. I was never tall, and I am the same size, so I still wear a lot of those clothes.
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We're seeing TV series that are as good as movies were in the '70s and '80s - shows like 'The Wire,' 'The Sopranos' and 'Breaking Bad.'
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As far as I'm concerned, 'The Caretaker' is funny up to a point. Beyond that, it ceases to be funny, and it was because of that point that I wrote it.
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In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.
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I have to believe that people can change, otherwise I deny the Gospel, and I will not do that.
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I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me.
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I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on the Internet looking at a screen. That's what I hate about all this technology.
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He who knows himself is enlightened.
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I'm a terrible long-term planner.
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You never know when the timing is going to hit in a such a way that you're going to make a difference.
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Democracy cannot thrive without freedom of the press.
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The imperative is to define what is right and do it.
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I don't think of myself as a comedian.
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I realize that having a style would be very beneficial for my practice from a marketing standpoint, but I can't do it. I believe my responsibilities as an architect are to design the most appropriate building for the place. Each place has a distinct culture and function, which for me requires an appropriate answer.
