Antoine Predock Quotes
A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good.
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Age is just a number. Unless, that is, you live in Hollywood, where there's this notion that if you haven't hit it big by your 20s, you may as well hit the road.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway, and they said, 'No way - we are not going to do that to your hair.' So I did it myself. Big mistake. Instead of my bangs going down straight, they were sticking up like a cat. It was horrible.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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Write what you like; there is no other rule.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election. We've been taught that democracy is having elections. And it isn't. Elections are the most horrendous aspect of democracy. It's the most mundane, trivial, disappointing, dirty aspect.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.
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I think artists are really the root of a tree. They can search for truth or reality in their own way, and the gallery can support them - the outside part of the tree, where it is more about reaching the outside world, connecting with the outside world. That is the role of the gallery, no? Why does the artist have to do that?
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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.
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How good life is when one does something good and just!
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I write science fiction for people who don't read a great deal of science fiction.
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A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good.
