Antony Garrett Lisi Quotes
I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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One of my favorite things about what I do for a living is that there is no certainty that, at any hour of any day, I could get a phone call that could change everything. Good or bad. I never know.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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Discipline is not a nasty word.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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Selectors can't please everyone, but I am OK if they are working for the benefit of Indian cricket. It's an administrative decision to appoint a selection committee, and I would like to let them do their job.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
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I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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We create success or failure on the course primarily by our thoughts.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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One of my theories is to be captain on the field and off the field, you need to totally enjoy each other's company. I don't like discussing cricket off the field.
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo - Captain Kangaroo … I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.
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I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And that was my ploy. I had to be careful not to say things like 'I like meat.' Actually I just wanted to drink beer and to screw.
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The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.
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There was a time when people liked to take Shakespeare and twist him around to make whatever social or political statement they wanted to make.
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The only good writing is intuitive writing. It would be a big bore if you knew where it was going. It has to be exciting, instantaneous and it has to be a surprise. Then it all comes blurting out and it’s beautiful. I’ve had a sign by my typewriter for 25 years now which reads, ‘DON’T THINK!’
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I think the universe is pure geometry - basically, a beautiful shape twisting around and dancing over space-time.
