Elizabeth Diller Quotes

I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was always more interested in other forms of discourse.

Elizabeth Diller

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ArchitectureThoughtRebelBuild

Men are distinguished from women by their commitment to do violence rather than to be victimized by it.

Andrea Dworkin

WomenCommitmentMenViolenceRather

When did one man ever civilize a people?

John Lothrop Motley

ManPeopleDidEver

I love living with animals. And my children love animals. I love walking around and being with the horses. But the deer? They're naughty.

Stephanie Seymour

LoveChildrenWalkingAnimalsLiving

Obama may be brilliant, but he's not a leader.

Sophie B. Hawkins

LeaderBrilliantMayHeObama

I did an audiobook for 'Rough Crossings,' which I thought was one of the best books I had published. But it was an absolute embarrassment to read it. All these horrible mucked-up bits of syntax, over-the-top adjectives. I found myself editing it while reading. Alert listeners will notice the difference.

Simon Schama

MyselfBestReadingThoughtEditing

When you invoke the agent of change called acceptance, you must accept all that you are, all that you've been, and all that you will be in the future.

Debbie Ford

ChangeFutureAcceptanceYouAccept

I don't think I've had a more miserable life than a lot of people. I think I've had a pretty lucky life.

Chris Isaak

LifePeopleThinkLuckyMorePretty

The great saints were always great innovators... They had to be very strong people... principled people. And, apart from their principles, with great tenacity they had to have great reserves of patience.

Colm Wilkinson

PatienceGreatPeopleStrongAlways

Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

Chuck Close

WorkSometimesWantPhotographPaint

I like playing smart women very, very much because I definitely learn from them.

Autumn Reeser

WomenSmartLearnPlayingBecause

I think of all the premieres I have ever covered, the Potterheads are the best!

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

BestThinkI ThinkEverCovered

Chicago's privatization mania began during Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration, which ran from 1989 to 2011. Under his successor, Rahm Emanuel, the trend has continued apace. For Rahm's investment banker buddies, the trend has been a boon. For citizens? Not so much.

Rick Perlstein

InvestmentChicagoMayorTrendBeen

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