Charles Eames Quotes
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Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there!
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We've been probably to some degree too successful.
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I want to be my own person.
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Literature is memory written down. All literature is memory.
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My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
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I was very young during 'Chachi 420' and don't remember much now.
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All our own present experiences are primordial. What could be more primordial than experience itself?
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The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists.
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Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
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I like Lady Gaga because I like that she pushes the envelope.
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We live in a technical society.
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The most important thing is to stay positive.
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My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated.
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As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.
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Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.
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It is both humiliating and humbling to discover that a single generation after the events that constructed me as a public personality, I am remembered as a hairdo.
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Grant us the single heart once more That mocks no sacred thing, The Sword of Truth our fathers wore When Thou wast Lord and King. Let darkness unto darkness tell Our deep unspoken prayer; For, while our souls in darkness dwell, We know that Thou art there.
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Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given. … With singing, you never know when you are going to lose the voice, and that makes you appreciate the time that you have when you are still singing well. I am always thanking God for another season, another month, another performance.
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I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much natural talent you may have... In the type of show I do, you can depend on surprises.
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I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.
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The problem with the Tea Party is that it's been used in a way that scares people into supporting an agenda that's counter to their own interests.
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Designers should only innovate as a last resort.
