Norman Foster Quotes

Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much closer to certain projects than I could ever be.

Norman Foster

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After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

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Generally speaking, the business of music streaming is treacherous at best: Consumers don't seem to want to pay big money for access to digital music services, so companies must keep the fees low.

Jenna Wortham

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However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults.

John Eaton

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I'm very career-driven, so my focus and my energy has been into that.

Stacy Keibler

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I'm not a good poker player, but I've got one bluffing technique - as long as you're quick with the blinds, you're fine.

Sienna Guillory

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I always enjoyed participating in artistic endeavors, and I remember in high school participating in chorus, drama and singing madrigals, mainly because they were an easy A. I loved being in plays and musicals too, but you didn't really get credit for those.

Roger Bart

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When I came to Mumbai from Dubai to become an actor, I used to entertain people at parties by showing some card tricks.

Rithvik Dhanjani

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As a social concept, 'white' is profound in its meaning. It means people who either come from or appear to come from Europe, but it's necessarily a construct of oppression.

Robin DiAngelo

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My progression into acting was pretty slow. I was constantly performing in different kinds of small shows. One year I would be in a magic show, the next year in a circus show, then a small play, and then a dance show.

Roberto Aguire

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When we pull back the curtain and take a look at what our 'colorblind' society creates without affirmative action, we see a familiar social, political, and economic structure - the structure of racial caste. The entrance into this new caste system can be found at the prison gate.

Michelle Alexander

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The O.M.B. director puts together the budget. It handles every executive order. It is the clearing house for every single federal regulation. It has input into all the management of all of the federal agencies... It is involved with everything. And I thought, 'That's where I want to be.'

Mick Mulvaney

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I had no fear of speaking to large audiences.

Mitch Kapor

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