I. M. Pei Quotes
I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.
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I can tell you I'm not exactly sure why I teach. I think a lot of it is just it's the sense of community. A real desire to be involved both with people older than myself and people younger.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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For decades, NRDC has created and supported policies that will ultimately end our reliance on fossil fuels.
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Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie.
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.
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As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting, put in the long hours, and make the uncomfortable but necessary decisions to achieve success.
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I can not stay at the place when a stranger starts talking to me. I will try to cut the speech as quick as possible and move away. I had to break this inhibition before becoming an actor.
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In 'Laurence Anyways,' Nathalie Baye is Laurence's mother, and she is quite an awful mother. Still, she is the only one in the end who truly accepts her daughter.
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Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual's contribution far more than the individual himself.
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In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic.
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Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.
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For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day.
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Everybody in my family are doctors.
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I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.
