Thom Mayne Quotes

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

Thom Mayne

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What is the appetite for truth in the Trump White House? That's not a question about the untrue things the president says. It's about the level of truth the system expects.

John Dickerson

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To develop your own voice, you have to keep writing a ton, and this is something where I think Twitter is helpful. I use it to write a ton of jokes. You have to write a ton of bad stuff before you know what you're good at. And that's what some people I think have trouble with, the thought of getting past the bad stuff.

Megan Amram

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I pick projects according to how fascinating they are to me, and it has resulted in a broad reach. My records are actually in five different sports: balloons, airplanes, airships, gliders, and sailboats.

Steve Fossett

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Every vote matters.

Mike D

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My mom put me away at 7. I enjoyed it... Being in institutions, I got three meals a day, clothes.

DMX

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If acting doesn't work out I'd love to produce, direct, or write.

Chloe Grace Moretz

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Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Antoine Rivarol

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I remember a lot of conversations where I was constantly hearing, 'You've gotta do this movie so you can do that movie. You've gotta make a big movie so you can make a small movie.' But I can't act like that.

Winona Ryder

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If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.

William Lyon Phelps

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The women's movement hit my neighborhood like a freight train. Everybody got divorced. You wonder what would have happened to women if the suburbs hadn't been built.

Susan Faludi

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I don't think enough people admit that there's just something fun about being in front of people. And that's not a self-centered, egotistical thing.

Timothee Chalamet

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I think the association of economics with forecasting is unfortunate and is down to the fact that one great way to get an investment bank's name on business television is to hire a guy called a Chief Economist who will go and prognosticate.

Tim Harford

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