David Adjaye Quotes
The thing about architecture is that it's an art [you] simply learn more by doing more. It's one of those things that is really not an art about thinking, but doing. So in a way, what it has done is greatly intensify the way that I build.
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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah, the roles weren't great.
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I have a record of wanting to make sure that campaigns are open and financing is fair, but it can't just be one sided.
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Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
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People have a right to surf the Web without Big Brother watching their every move and announcing it to the world. The Internet marketplace has matured - and it's time for consumers' protections to keep pace.
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Descriptive research provides an accurate description or picture of the status or characteristics of a situation or phenomenon.
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I guess I'm a born ham.
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I listen to a lot of different styles of music. So it doesn't have to be just one thing. I prefer it. If it's not, I get bored very easily.
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I was born in 1966, at the beginning of the Biafran-Nigerian Civil War, and the war ended after three years. And I was growing up in school, and the federal government didn't want us taught about the history of the war, because they thought it probably would make us generate a new generation of rebels.
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Uncertainty and fear and ignorance about immigrants, about people who are different, has a history as old as our Nation.
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We have 'Doctor Who' references on 'Futurama,' but we have a lot of science fiction references that I don't get; but in the staff we have experts on 'Star Trek,' 'Star Wars,' 'Doctor Who' and 'Dungeons and Dragons.'
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Research shows that girls look at leadership differently than boys.
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Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.
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Ally MacLeod thinks that tactics are a new kind of mint.
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I think I tend to live in sort of a meta state of existence where I'm always analyzing and analyzing whatever I'm going through at any given moment, and a lot of times I'll reflect back on and go, 'Oh look at that - if I acted this way when that happened, I might not have thought of that that way.'
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I'm not panicking, and I'm not scared, I've been through the Gulf War, the Asia crisis, and the Russian crisis.
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It's a thankless job for police officers, period, but specifically for men and women of color protecting and serving.
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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Most people have kind of done something that could put them in jail at least for one night.
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All's fair in love and purchasing.
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The thing about architecture is that it's an art [you] simply learn more by doing more. It's one of those things that is really not an art about thinking, but doing. So in a way, what it has done is greatly intensify the way that I build.
