Tadao Ando Quotes
I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind

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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
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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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My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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I don't want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.
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You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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Botox, trust me I've been tempted - but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles - and your skin - if you're sick and don't move for a few days. It all atrophies! Plus, if you freeze a muscle in your face, other muscles have to compensate! And once you stop, what does that look like?
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.
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I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if you're having kids, then you have to take care of them; otherwise, what's the point? There are many things that parents say are good for the kids, but the truth is they say that because it is good for the parents.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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I definitely believe in ghosts.
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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
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If Congress is unable to do its job and pass a federal budget, then I do not believe we should receive a salary.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind