Alvar Aalto Quotes
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I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that.
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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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Time and time again, truly basic studies of simple experimental organisms have proved directly relevant to human biology and human disease. An investment in such basic studies is an effective investment indeed.
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I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
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There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
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The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
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It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting.
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Having been on tour in countries that are extremely eco-friendly, we automatically end up doing the things that normal people do in other countries.
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Proactive giving is what you do when you've found your passion. It expresses your values, interests and concerns. It engages not just your dollars, but also your mind, time, skills and networks - the philanthropic equivalent of leaning in, rather than leaning back. Most importantly, proactive giving is something you want to do.
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I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them to be marginalized in the kind of rarefied, elitist world. I always have hopes that the films will permeate culture in a big way. A lot of times, I'm wrong, but it's always the hope.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.
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I tell inmates all the time, 'Don't complain about your grind. Do your time.'
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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I always wrote. My parents are writers. It just seemed like something people did.
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I meet an enormous number of incredible people all the time, people I find very inspiring, and I'm very busy.
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We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book.
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It's become something of a ritual - every year, Google publishes its year-end summary of what the world wants, and every year I complain about how shallow it is, given what Google really knows about what the world is up to.
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When you've written 10 books and have six on the New York Times best-seller list - and four have been No. 1 - I think you have a right to be a member of Congress.
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Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.'
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Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.
