Moshe Safdie Quotes

I want my buildings to take root and look as if they've always been there. It isn't about pastiche or adapting what's already there. It's about trying to blend the future and the past.

Moshe Safdie

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FuturePastTryingBuildingsLook

When I walk through an airport and people go, 'You're not fat!' I'm like, 'Thanks. That's great. Good to know I'm not fat today! Thank you!'

Jessica Simpson

GoodTodayGreatWalkPeopleFat

If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.

Maya Angelou

LifeTimeSayingYouSayWant

I don't care for physical activity. I'm not sporty. I'm not very coordinated.

Anna Kendrick

CareActivityPhysical ActivityVery

I fought all my life to be at Real Madrid, to try to be in the starting XI.

Alvaro Morata

LifeMy LifeTryRealStarting

Even if the technology advances, I don't expect we will be allowed to sail around with 400-meter long container ships weighing 200,000 tonnes without any human beings on board. I don't think it will be a driver of efficiency - not in my time.

Soren Skou

TechnologyTimeSailThinkLong

Different people work different ways.

Tony Gilroy

WorkPeopleDifferent PeopleWays

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

Michel de Montaigne

EducationCompanyReasonEducated

I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat.

Jonathan Dimbleby

BelieveBattlePointOwnTVRatings

There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misuse of money in Medicare and Medicaid that can be saved.

Chuck Grassley

MoneyFraudWasteMedicareSaved

I earned my Ph.D. in philosophy, and one of my specializations was the logic and mathematics of game theory. I've also got a degree in drama, so I know about stories, characterizations, plot arcs, and the like. Lots of game designers can do one or the other: I've got the skills for both.

Brendan Myers

MathematicsGameLogicPhilosophy

Obviously, as a marketer, I love to work with brands that aren't static, that have life and personality.

Bozoma Saint John

LifeWorkLovePersonalityStatic

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

Augustus Hare

OpinionFollowHoldPublic Opinion

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