Oscar Niemeyer Quotes
I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once you step on that field, you're a completely different animal.
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I think I'm as good if not better than everyone else.
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The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.
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The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.
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The person in New York City is showing too little empathy for the Trump voter. The Trump voter is showing too little empathy for the person who's very worried about the refugee ban. They're not spending enough time with each other to have a meaningful conversation.
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It's going to come down to executing, trying to keep guys off balance and disrupting timing. That's something you can do regardless of how many times you face a lineup or face certain hitters.
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I'm quite proud of growing up in New Zealand where, from quite early on in primary school, you're learning to count in Maori, Maori mythology and dances and colours and history, and I think that gives a child a really good grounding.
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Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.
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I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
