Thom Mayne Quotes

I think a lot of people have the Frank Lloyd Wright model in their brains. The architect comes in with this act of creation and lays it down, and that's it. But that's not me.

Thom Mayne

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PeopleMeThinkDownCreationAct

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

John Buchanan Robinson

KnowledgeHimOwnOnlyDomination

I consider all drama to be the opportunity to see the world from another person's point of view. That seems to be the point of drama, really. And thereby to encourage understanding and even love.

Joe Wright

LoveOpportunityWorldUnderstanding

I am very uncomfortable being romantic. I can be funny; I can be all over the place. I can be anything but romantic.

Amruta Khanvilkar

FunnyRomanticI AmUncomfortable

If you're not hiring from some groups of the population, then you're obviously missing out.

Stewart Butterfield

YouOutMissingHiringPopulation

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

Robyn Hitchcock

JealousAttentionMoreAlways

And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

HappinessYouFindResourcesBasic

The days of print media are numbered. Some papers will be around for a few years, but everyone knows news is going online. Then you have to ask, who pays for it? How do you deliver it? Is there any money for proper investigative reporting?

Mike Bartlett

MoneyMediaYouNewsWillAsk

I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.

Javier Bardem

GreatJobAmazingStuntDoubles

I moved to Kentish Town from Chelsea in 1983, partly because I had a lot of friends already living in the area and because it took an hour off the journey to my house in Suffolk. It has a villagey feel, and it's still a very mixed community, which I like.

Diana Quick

JourneyCommunityFeelFriendsHouse

That was the hardest thing for me. When it was published that I was going to play Tommen, all the fans of the books were like, 'Oh, he's turning 16' - that was the hardest thing: to play younger and show that.

Dean-Charles Chapman

MePlayFansGoingShowHardest

Every girl/woman in the world has flaws. Instead of focusing on your flaws when you look in a mirror, focus on the parts of you that you love; try to do this every morning. You will ooze confidence all day long.

Chelan Simmons

LoveConfidenceMorningMirrorFocus

Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure.

David Viscott

GoodUsDiseaseDiscoverCureOur

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