I. M. Pei Quotes
I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.I. M. Pei
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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.
Edgar Meyer -
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.
Ingmar Bergman -
For decades, NRDC has created and supported policies that will ultimately end our reliance on fossil fuels.
Frances Beinecke -
Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
Orison Swett Marden -
I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
B. B. King
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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.
Karan Mahajan -
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater -
Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
Frances McDormand -
Comics seldom move me the way I would be moved by a novel or movie.
Daniel Clowes -
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.
Felicity Jones -
But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
T. C. Boyle -
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.
F. Sionil Jose -
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.
Barry Ritholtz -
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.
Vijay Sethupathi -
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.
Xavier Dolan -
Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual's contribution far more than the individual himself.
W. Edwards Deming
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I think often people don't realize the great diversity of Southern writing because in their minds, if you're not from the South, it can seem regional and small, and of course that's not the case at all when you start to read the work.
Natasha Trethewey -
Literary qualifications have no more to do with it than oratory has with salesmanship. One must be able to express himself briefly, clearly, and convincingly, just as a salesman must.
Claude C. Hopkins -
When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
Frances Beinecke -
The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House.
Harold Ramis -
Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge.
Aime Cesaire -
I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.
I. M. Pei