Witold Rybczynski Quotes
There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book.
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What's happened is that the digital age has made photography more accessible to people. Everyone is a photographer. But to do it [photography] at a certain level, well, there's a skill to it. Still, it's a good time for photography now.
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Every time I come to Auburn it's nothing but love.
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Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.
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The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.
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If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them.
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Pranayama teaches the aspirant to regulate his breathing and thereby control the mind.
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I go for a walk in the forest of Fontainebleau. I get 'green' indigestion. I must get rid of this sensation into a picture. Green rules it. A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.
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To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is to be forgotten.
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The best way to succeed in this world is to act on the advice you give to others.
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I'd often wondered what would I do if I were ever traded, because it happened many, many times.
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There are ten commandments, I've only broken three.
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I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me.
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I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And when a good business partner supports them from the side, it creates great synergy. When someone's trying to do both, I think the music gets bad and the business gets bad, too.
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We have to provide a roadmap for the Abuja peace process.
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All countries will inevitably have to do what Russia has done.
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Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts.
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I don't know that I have a fascination with witches per se - well, maybe I just have a fascination with everything that's weird.
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When you've got two guys 1-up with two to play, you automatically think, 'we've got it', especially after they'd battled their hearts out to get back in those matches.
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Success now is waking up in the morning and being comfortable in my own skin. You can go to a job that pays well, but if you're not happy in yourself or if you're not grateful for what you have, it means nothing.
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Only through the development of mutual respect, and in a spirit of truth, can friendship come about. By these means it is possible to move human minds, but never by force.
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There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book.
