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.El Lissitzky
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould -
The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
Orison Swett Marden -
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.
Bear Grylls -
To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
Carl Sandburg -
I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.
Sally Phillips -
Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
Frances McDormand
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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.
Gail Collins -
I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
Kat Graham -
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.'
Adam Driver -
Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.
Vince Carter -
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.
Rabbit Maranville -
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.
Wendi McLendon-Covey
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I'm a voracious reader, and I love to throw myself into it.
Owain Yeoman -
In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.
Tavis Smiley -
I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.
Babe Ruth -
Much early alchemy seems to have been adventure. You heated and mixed and burnt and pounded and to see what would happen. An adventure might suggest an hypothesis that can subsequently be tested, but adventure is prior to theory.
Ian Hacking -
'I will say this once.' Edward turned to the others. 'I’m in command on this mission. Do not, at any time, attempt to wrest control from me. If what you see dismays you, avert your eyes.'
Kage Baker -
No healthy man, in his secret heart, is content with his destiny. He is tortured by dreams and images as a child is tortured by the thought of a state of existence in which it would live in a candy store and have two stomachs.
H. L. Mencken
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Theres nothing more fierce than the female, like the momma lion. Believe me, my wife is a good example.
Lance Henriksen -
One must know to lose honorably.
Eli Yishai -
My height might be a disadvantage in some parts of my game, but it is a big advantage in rushing the passer.
Chris Borland -
The SAT plays an important role in helping admissions officers around the country sort out students, well-deserving students from 20,000 high schools that have different curriculums, different grading standards, and different ability to help students get ready for college.
Jonathan Grayer -
Architecture is the work of nations.
John Ruskin -
The purpose of architecture is to transmute the emptiness into space, that is into something which our minds can grasp as an organized unity.
El Lissitzky