Annabelle Selldorf Quotes
Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the poetic in something that is perfectly rational.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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Since the 1980s, we've been living in this era, really, of corporate rule, based on this idea that the role of government is to liberate the power of capital so that they can have as much economic growth as quickly as possible, and then all good things will flow from that.
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I'm gonna make my records, whether I release them as Bleachers or something else.
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We've reached a very low-level equilibrium where it's not clear whose interest it is in to develop Africa... It's not in the interest of those in the aid industry to develop Africa because then there'd be no more industry and 500,000 people would lose their jobs. The only people whose interest it is in is Africans, but they have no voice.
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I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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L.A.'s always been good to me.
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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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One of the reasons I come to California is that the Republican party seems to have given up on California, and my message to those in California is that we're going to compete nationally as a party, and that includes California.
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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
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Writing a book, you can only get stopped by yourself.
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In India, it's a matter of fact that a girl child is seen as a liability. Probably the only expectation is that you grow up to a presentable young woman who can get a decent spouse.
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I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra.
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Quality for me is key, and this stands true in every facet of my business from real estate, hotels, and fashion.
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Jobs are the main channel through which people share in - or are left out of - economic growth.
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To prepare for the future, we must be willing to test new concepts. This means we must acquire enough information to evaluate these concepts and not be like travelers in a foreign land who compare everything with their own hometown.
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I really enjoy what I'm doing. I think you have to have a good time and not look too far back or too far ahead.
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Space exploration will change in a large and fundamental way. The future is very exciting.
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Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the poetic in something that is perfectly rational.
