Tadao Ando Quotes
I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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The John Birch Society is not ultra-conservative, communist-hating, and racist as opponents paint it.
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I dig all kinds of competition.
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People are wired for lots of things. We're wired for novelty. We're wired for humor. We're wired for new pieces of information that surprise us in some way or add value to our lives. We're wired for fear.
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I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
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The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that's what we are trying to do as hard as we can.
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The big lie out there, the big lie that the Republicans propagate day after day, is that cutting marginal rates for those at the top is going to create jobs. It's simply not true.
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Don't compare me to Babe Ruth. God gave me the opportunity and the ability to be here at the right time, at the right moment, just like he gave Babe Ruth when he was playing. I just hope I can keep doing what I've been doing - keep taking care of business.
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I like to work the count, but I know when I have to be aggressive.
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They knock Shaq about his free throws. I'm the one that needs to be getting knocked.
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There comes a time when a human being has to either face evil or admit to allowing it. Abortion is legal in the United States, but it should not be celebrated or used as a political tool. Viable babies are human beings.
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I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible
