Le Corbusier Quotes

The 'styles' are a lie.

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• In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Hair
  • Flowers
  • Everybody

• I trust every lead in every department. All of the teams are phenomenal artists. All I need to tell them is why to do something, not how to do something.

  

  Dan Scanlon
  • Why
  • Trust
  • Lead

• Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.

  

  Florence Ellinwood Allen
  • Women
  • High
  • Always

• I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • People
  • Confidence
  • Miss

• Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Question
  • Poetry
  • End

• It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • American
  • Together
  • Violence

• The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Best
  • Choose
  • Heroes

• I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.

  

  Tao Okamoto
  • Work
  • Done
  • English

• My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Money
  • Remember
  • Mother

• There was electricity in our village only for 2-3 hours a day, so all my life, I studied under a lamp.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • Life
  • Day
  • My Life

• There are certain things that are too painful for people to even write about sometimes, and there are certain things that are too hard to read about again.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • People
  • Sometimes
  • Painful

• The audience may not have felt it was right, and the author may have felt a little upset, but every part I've played I've twisted around in my mind until I've made it into something of my own. Looking back over it, I didn't deliberately sit down and plan like that, but it does read like it.

  

  Katharine Cornell
  • Mind
  • May
  • Author

• When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.

  

  Haniel Long
  • Humanity
  • Loyal
  • Signs

• My sister is not a public person, so I don't think it's right to discuss her.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Person
  • Right
  • Sister

• My life was made easy - I lived in a village, and by writing for some newspapers and magazines, had enough to live on. I was happy to be there and write.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Live

• I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • Think
  • Know
  • Silly

• The compulsively readable events of my life occurred mainly in infancy, and it's been pretty humdrum ever since.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Life
  • Pretty
  • My Life

• I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • Think
  • Like
  • Never

• My first attempt at real music was when I was 13. My first signed band was when I was 21; that failed. I got another deal at 26; that failed, and then I was broke.

  

  Aaron Bruno
  • Music
  • Real
  • Band

• I grew up with a lot of exiles from Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia - I grew up with them, and I gained a family; I gained friends.

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
  • Up
  • Family
  • Friends

• When you have celebrity, it's a whole different thing than being an artist.

  

  Jimmy Smits
  • Different
  • Celebrity

• I don't personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.

  

  Chris Colfer
  • Responsibility
  • Model

• Swing is so much more than a dance, it's a way of life. The music gets stuck in your mind and the dance is in your heart and the whole scene is engraved on your soul. You can fly.

  

  Nicholas Hope
  • Soul
  • Dance
  • Fly

• The 'styles' are a lie.

  

  Le Corbusier