I. M. Pei Quotes
I think the artistic side of architecture was natural to me. My mother was an artist and a poet.
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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I always feel like rejection is my petrol. That's what keeps me going.
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I think shortly after I got signed, it just started to dawn on me that I had something to say and that Yahweh put something in my heart to share with the world.
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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I wear jewellery that I never take off. I have a ring and two necklaces. I always have them on and get scared when I have to take them off for photo shoots. The ring is my mum's mum's mum's, and she gave it to me for my 18th birthday. The necklace is the same one that my sister has. She's called Hannah, and the name is the chain.
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What's really important to me is somebody who can totally let loose and pretty much be themselves and have fun.
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
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I have the feeling of being a very small item on this planet, and literature enables me to express that.
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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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To be honest, I don't even exactly know how to set up a Google alert. My brother has me on Google alert. So do my parents. But I'm not even sure how it works.
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Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm.
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When you do acoustic shows, there's always a more intimate vibe. I go into them with lowered expectations and assume that people don't want to hear me.
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I've been lucky: my Japanese genes - from my mother's side - and a lifelong moisturising routine have helped keep me looking good.
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Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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You have to work hard at things.
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I think the artistic side of architecture was natural to me. My mother was an artist and a poet.
