Martin Filler Quotes

One of the stated goals of the postmodern movement in architecture was a greater sensitivity to the people who live in or use newly designed buildings.

Martin Filler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 17, 1948

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Make sure you are safe, and never ever put yourself in a compromising situation, but once that is checked off the list, I think it's really important for us to remember that someone needs us, and that your act of giving/helping/doing can truly become an act of grace once you get out of your head.

Meghan Markle

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Those on the downside of rising economic inequality generally do not want government policies that look like handouts. They typically do not want the government to make the tax system more progressive, to impose punishing taxes on the rich, in order to give the money to them. Redistribution feels demeaning. It feels like being labeled a failure.

Robert J. Shiller

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It's no fun being lonely.

Maurice Sendak

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With writing, I need a lot of time to sit around and do nothing. But now that I have kids, I just don't have that luxury. I have a babysitter for three hours a day, which is how long I have to write.

Sofia Coppola

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Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk.

Shirley Hufstedler

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I wish I was a guy who could have pancakes and bacon and cheesy eggs, but I'd curl up and pass out. I gotta start healthy or I'll be off the rails all day.

Donnie Wahlberg

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My mom and I don't have a lot of photos of my early years.

Ciara

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Life passes us by if all we do is focus on the future. Being present, for the present, is really what is important.

Brandon Jenner

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I got interested in reading very early, because a story was read to me, by Hans Christian Andersen, which was 'The Little Mermaid,' and I don't know if you remember 'The Little Mermaid,' but it's dreadfully sad. The little mermaid falls in love with this prince, but she cannot marry him because she is a mermaid.

Alice Munro

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An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

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My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving and do your best.

Scott Eastwood

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It's interesting when women direct. The work is better. They ask more people to participate.

Ryan Murphy

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