Luis Barragan Quotes
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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I welcome the Democrats' ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.
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I like to read in the bathtub. Ideally, that bathtub would be located on a small Greek island.
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I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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Understand that nutrition plays a huge role in athletes' lives, and one of the most nutritious ways to eat is to cook your own food.
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Bishops need to resist the defensiveness that institutions often fall back on in crisis moments.
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I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy, and I think it's better suited somewhere it can run free.
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The dominant question for us with regard to literature has become, 'What does this have to do with me, with life as I know it?' That's the question answered by all these books about how Proust was actually a neuroscientist or how Proust can teach you emotional intelligence.
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Minnesotans hate zeal. Zeal is right up there on the list of suspicious emotional behaviors like joy and despair. Always err on the side of blandness.
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My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.
