Thom Mayne Quotes

For me the meaning of my work is much more fluid.

Thom Mayne

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WorkMeMeaningMoreMuchFluid

In point of fact, 'Simpson-Bowles' has become a symbol, or SimBowl, rather than an actual plan, political shorthand for the process of long-term deficit reduction.

Joe Klein

ProcessPoliticalPlanBecomePoint

On film, I'm very mysterious, but in life I'm very dull.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

LifeMysteriousFilmDullVery

I'm typically not a heels person.

Jenny Lewis

PersonHeels

I'm always interested in what is seen as obscene or profane or unfit.

Jenny Zhang

AlwaysSeenInterestedObsceneUnfit

Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.

John Major

IntelligenceThinkPresentationWell

You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy.

John Mayer

HappinessAgeYourselfHappyYou

Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

Steven Wright

LiveGreatSkiingSmallYouCountry

'The Dark Knight,' for me, has the same problem that every other 'Batman' movie has. It's not about Batman. I think Heath Ledger is just phenomenal and the character of the Joker is beautifully written. He has a particular philosophy that he carries throughout the movie. He has one of the best bad guy schemes.

Joss Whedon

CharacterBestMeThinkProblemBad

What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else.

Joseph Campbell

LifeSeaExperienceUniqueLandOut

My mother is very good in Scrabble. In Boggle, my father is probably better.

Chelsea Clinton

GoodFatherMotherBetterScrabble

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

Audre Lorde

ToolsHouseWillNeverMaster

I don't storyboard. I guess it dates back to my days in live television, where there was no possibility of storyboarding and everything was shot right on the spot - on the air, as we say - at the moment we were transmitting. I prefer to be open to what the actors do, how they interact to the given situation.

Arthur Penn

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