Oscar Niemeyer Quotes
For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
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We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.
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The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
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I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.
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As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'
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The interest in the supernatural in a very generic sense and in the spiritual is not in itself a factor that helps the communication of the Christian faith.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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The notion of self-care for people who have hundreds of millions of dollars, it doesn't seem like a radical thing.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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I will be up at 8 A.M. making spaghetti bolognese for Peter and Sophia's evening meal if I'm working that day. I may not get back for the evening, and I worry if I don't do that, then they won't eat anything.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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I firmly believe caretaking the soul is incredibly important for happiness.
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On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.
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I live on the water. I live in a neighborhood that's consummately connected to my neighbors. I bump into them every day. I can bike to work.
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I imagine that yes is the only living thing.
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My dad is a Deadhead, my mom's a Jewish-American princess from Jersey.
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My most treasured item is the brown leather bag that my mum bought me from a little Italian shop for my 21st. It's supposed to be a vanity bag, but I use it as a handbag.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
