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Moshe Safdie Quotes

Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect?

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: architect
Nationality: israeli
Birth: July 14, 1938

Topics

I Am Who Architect Knows Simply Am

My bookshelves have no order. I prune them regularly and sell the books to Myopic Books, a Chicago bookstore. They give me store credit, and then I spend all the store credit, and, presumably, return to sell them back more of the books I bought from them.

Me Credit Back Chicago More Return

After finishing my undergraduate work at the University of Iowa, where I took creative writing classes taught by Writer's Workshop students, I applied to half a dozen MFA writing programs.

Work Creative Writing Finishing Half

My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything.

Mom Jewish Anything Raised Dad

Stepping up a gear during any race is not an easy thing to do.

Easy Race Stepping Up Gear Thing

Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin.

Child Sin Sorrow Eldest Held

When I was a teenager, I never knew anything about art. I think in South Africa at that stage, no one was really exposed to it. There were no museums that had great artists in them.

Great Art Think Africa Never Stage

In life, with my friends, I don't see them as male or female; I just see them as people.

Life People Friends See Just Female

In Hollywood, you're always playing roles... It's like going through the motions. But in real life, it's like, you gotta take care of business. It's not just the movies.

Life Business Care Take Care You

We've got horse property and there's other stuff to do. Like, four wheel driving, we barbeque, drink beers, sit around and play guitars and have a merry 'ol time.

Time Driving Horse Play Wheel Drink

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in.

Community Trying Gay Trapped Out

I'm always reaching for something we really haven't done, and War of the Worlds has a lot of this sort of documentary look to it and first-person camera view that is a new thing for me. I've done some stuff like that before, but nothing like the extent of this and digitally.

War Me View Camera Look New

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Good Sad Health Humor Soul Sadness

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