Antoine Predock Quotes
One of the things I think about as I've evolved as an architect is, 'Where do the poetic impulses come from?'
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I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.
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I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.
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It's not enough for just us to invest in Utah; more and more, we are encouraging businesses around the world to follow suit. We want them to invest in and become part of Utah's future and to allow Utah to invest and become part of theirs.
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I've always taken direction pretty well.
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I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy.
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Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
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That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
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When Landon Carter, a Virginia plantation owner, read the Declaration of Independence two days after it was issued, he wondered whether its ringing affirmation of equality meant that slaves must be freed. If so, he confided to his diary, 'You must send them out of the country, or they must steal for their support.'
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Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility.
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It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.
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If we're going to reach a broader audience, we have to stop thinking about that audience strictly in terms of teenage boys or even teenage girls. We need to think about things that are relevant to normal humans and not just the geeks we used to be.
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I don't use sex to sell records, obviously, but I'd be lying if I said that I don't feel like I have to make an effort to look good when I go out onstage, to wear something pretty.
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This is a medical service. It always was.
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There's something to be said for returning the whole syntax tree.
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Something about the possession of a book - an object that can contain infinite fables, words of wisdom, chronicles of times gone by, humorous anecdotes and divine revelation - endows the reader with the power of creating a story, and the listener with a sense of being present at the moment of creation.
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Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.'
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If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.
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The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
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One of the things I think about as I've evolved as an architect is, 'Where do the poetic impulses come from?'
