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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I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I hadn't ever really told anyone. I'd always got quite good grades, so people assumed I would go and do a 'normal' job. My dad took me to my first audition for drama school and picked me up without anyone knowing, really.
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My friends are mostly familiar with music that plays on the mainstream radio.
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I'm still a recluse. I still hate everyone. I'm still a misanthrope.
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Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion.
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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?'