El Lissitzky Quotes
The purpose of architecture is to transmute the emptiness into space, that is into something which our minds can grasp as an organized unity.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it's about how many peoples' lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.
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There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling out money on their education loans. If the economy is looking for a new generation of home-buyers, I can't imagine they'll get it from these folks.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.
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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.
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The fall of 1912 my fielding was above the average, but my hitting was not so good. However, I was the talk of the town because of my peculiar way of catching a fly ball. They later named it the Vest-Pocket Catch.
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You always end up saying and doing such horrible things to your family, 'cause you know they're never going anywhere, and at some point, they're going to forgive you.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I love to throw myself into it.
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In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.
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I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
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It has not been hard to grow older, because I believe if you have something you believe in, that will keep you alive far more than plastic surgery or Botox.
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I have not the slightest doubt that the economic measures and the Socialist measures which one will find in countries of Eastern Europe, will become increasingly powerful against the uncoordinated, planless society in which the West is living at present.
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At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.
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Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?
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The purpose of architecture is to transmute the emptiness into space, that is into something which our minds can grasp as an organized unity.
