A. Whitney Brown Quotes
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The financial catastrophe of 2008 nearly precipitated a calamitous economic depression, jolting America and much of the West into a sudden recognition of their systemic vulnerability to unregulated greed.
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially.
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
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Where most of the country is, well, hot - from the bone-baking dry heat of the desert to the flesh-melting humidity of Kerala in the south - Kashmir is cool: so cool, in fact, that in the winter, the temperatures can sink to sub-zero.
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It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.
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Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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I don't think I'm anti-Israeli.
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I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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You don't always have to show art in what's called a white box; you can have a kind of complexity within an exhibit which actually respects the art as well.
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I'm not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There's no closure.
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How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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I am passionate about what design can do - how far it can support the new ideas and the new ways of living of this 21st Century. Good design accelerates this exciting future where manufacturing is local, materials and processes are cradle to cradle, business models are both socially and financially driven.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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How does one get bored of life?
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The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.
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How can there be so many mothers in the world but so little sense of what it might be to become one?
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That is the saving grace of humor, if you fail no one is laughing at you.
