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Christopher Alexander Quotes

Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing what is there.

Christopher Alexander

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: architect
Nationality: american
Birth: October 4, 1936

Topics

Vision Start You Something Must

I've enjoyed it, I have seen it once at the premiere in London and it was very nice to be invited there. But I do want to see it again now. I want to sit and watch it as a fan rather than being there at the premiere with all the lights and such.

Jeremy Bulloch

Lights Nice Want Being There London

The fantastic thing about 'Jasper Jones' is that although it's set in 1969, the themes are still so topical. We're still struggling with racism and sexism and domestic violence and abuse.

Angourie Rice

Racism Violence Abuse Sexism Still

I study Torah all the time.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Time Study Torah

A lot of my stories are inspired by Japanese folklore or literature or movies: I've done stories based on Kabuki and Noh plays, and on Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo' movies.

Stan Sakai

Literature Done Movies Inspired Lot

I'm just trying to make a buck like everyone else.

Tom Waits

Trying Everyone Make Just Like Buck

I really enjoy travelling around the world. I get to meet some extraordinary people.

Ross Kemp

People World Enjoy Meet Get Some

I'm all about empowering women. And by lining them up against the wall and weighing them, surely you are making them feel more like meat than ever - even if it's little meat, if you know what I mean.

Diane von Furstenberg

Women Feel You Wall Know Mean

As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it.

Demian Bichir

Time Speak Young Actor English Any

Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R.

Christopher Hitchens

Technology Said Share Star Defense

We need a Donald Trump more than we've ever needed anybody since George Washington.

Bobby Knight

Donald Trump Washington More Need

When popularity is your only goal, doing well in class is going to feature very low, if at all, on your priority list.

Arabella Weir

Doing Goal Class Popularity Going

In dream consciousness... we make things happen by wishing them, because we are not only the observer of what we experience but also the creator.

Pir Vilayat Khan

Experience Dream Things Happen Happen