Tadao Ando Quotes
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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All I know is stars and hits, you know what I mean? I don't just sign a guy because he has a hot record. I sign a guy because he's a star. He's a pillar of the community.
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Olivia Newton-John was our first choice to play Sandy, but she was nervous about acting, whether she would feel comfortable with us and could pull it off at all.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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Italy's assets are her style, her beauty, her creativity, her passion, her energy, her technology; and these will be core brand values of all our cars. Fiat as a company has a long way to go and a steep road ahead.
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We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
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If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive.
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The new Disney cartoon 'Bambi' is interesting because it's the first one that's been entirely unpleasant.
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I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
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People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama.
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What would America be like if we loved black people as much as we loved black culture?
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I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I wrote music.
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Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
