David Adjaye Quotes
Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings.
Quotes to Explore
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
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I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.
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First and foremost, I feel very lucky to have the family I have, so I would like my family to stay happy and healthy.
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One of the things that hold together a human society is the existence of basic politeness among its members.
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I would love to spend a year living in New York; I've wanted to do that since I was 18. I'll be really disappointed if I'm 50 and haven't done something like that.
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At school I used to avoid dance lessons. They were the worst.
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It is a struggle. But I don't mind. I will just keep fighting on.
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I wasn't necessarily frustrated in Fall Out Boy, but there were things that didn't get satisfied, desires left wanting. We didn't all meet on the same kind of music. When bands break up, there are all these buzz words that get tossed around to maintain a front for the audience, but in this case there literally were creative differences.
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I feel it's my responsibility to turn people on to great music.
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Spangling the wave with lights as vainAs pleasures in the vale of pain,That dazzle as they fade.
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Although much remains obscure, and will long remain obscure, … I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.
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It is clear that the causal nexus is not a nexus at all.
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As much as I love Twitter, Twitter feuds aren't going to work. Actually connecting requires true face-to-face time. I believe with all my heart that it's only after working side by side with another person that you earn the right to speak into that person's life.
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To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.
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I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.
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The duty of the church is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable.
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Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings.
