Leon Krier Quotes

Why should the Eisenhower memorial be over twice the size of WWII Memorial? Why should it be so vast as to comfortably house two Lincoln Memorials, two Washington Monuments, and two Jefferson Memorials - all six at once?

Leon Krier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
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  • Birth: April 7, 1946

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The first object of my endeavours was the means to become perfect and happy.

Johann Heinrich Lambert

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I was a big fan of 'Days of Our Lives' growing up.

Jenny Lewis

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I don't think malls are going to go away. People still need somewhere to go, but they do have to evolve.

Angela Ahrendts

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My parents were always living from pay cheque to pay cheque. They were always struggling.

Sonny Bill Williams

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Women's marathoning was not added as an Olympic medal event until 1984 due to unfounded and bizarre concerns among Olympic organizers about women's ability to run longer distances. It was finally added after much campaigning.

Mary Pilon

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I'm not interested in passion and love for their own sake - without the struggle of life, they're just fluff.

Mira Nair

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When I was elected governor of my state, I had a legislature 87 percent Democrat. It was not lost on me that to get anything done, I couldn't be attacking them. I had to find ways to reach out to them.

Mitt Romney

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I'd rather have a broken arm than a broken heart.

Christie Brinkley

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Photography, sculpture, and painting were wielded as cultural weapons over the course of generations to substantiate the idea that black people were inherently subordinate beings; they were used to make slavery acceptable and to make black subjugation more palatable.

Clint Smith

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A stay-at-home mom is a working mom. Being a stay-at-home mom is a job.

Cobie Smulders

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I think I was driven to paint portraits to commit images of friends and family to memory. I have face blindness, and once a face is flattened out, I can remember it better.

Chuck Close

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Misogyny is at the reptilian brain stem of a lot of right-wing politics.

Bradley Whitford

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