Mordicai Gerstein Quotes

Well, 9/11 made me think about the towers, and the fact that I lived in New York for a long time, while they were being built. In fact, I had a studio that was ripped out, along with the whole neighborhood, to put the towers in. I saw them go up. I lived with them, running past them in the morning. And they were like part of my furniture.

Mordicai Gerstein

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 24, 1935

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Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see themselves in male characters.

Maya Hawke

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I do believe babies are born potty-trained. They're born knowing and are able to give subtle signals that become very prominent if you reinforce them.

Mayim Bialik

BelieveYouBornBecomeKnowing

One little secret of the guys who have won one slam, is that we don't want other guys to win one because its like a bit of a special fraternity.

Andy Roddick

WinWantSpecialSecretFraternity

I think Congress can pass a bill when the American people start regaining trust in the administration to actually do their job and enforce the laws that are already on the books.

Jeff Duncan

TrustJobPeopleStartThinkLaws

Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore.

John Travolta

LifeExcusesYouShapeTakeYour

I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large.

Steven Holl

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When I served as prime minister last time, I failed to prioritize my agenda. I was eager to complete everything at once, and ended my administration in failure. After resigning, for six years I traveled across the nation simply to listen.

Shinzo Abe

FailureTimeTraveledListenNation

It's ironic, but until you can free those final monsters within the jungle of yourself, your life, your soul is up for grabs.

Rona Barrett

LifeSoulYourselfFreeYouJungle

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.

Joseph Conrad

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If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.

Brian Baird

CourageGovernmentTreatToughGoal

Anytime you have a reelection campaign against an incumbent president and you're the party out of power - on the one hand it's wide open because there's not an heir apparent - but people are also gauging how strong is that incumbent president and what are my chances.

Bob McDonnell

PowerPeopleStrongYouPartyHand

Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.

Arthur Smith

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