Thom Mayne Quotes

I think my clients would tell you I'm a problem solver. I'm not there to agree with people. I'm there to articulate a point of view. Am I insistent and tenacious? Absolutely. I could not get this work done if I was not.

Thom Mayne

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The euphoria around economic booms often obscures the possibility for a bust, which explains why leaders typically miss the warning signs.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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Let us account for all we see by the facts we know. If there are things for which we cannot account, let us wait for light.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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We are not inferring design to account for a black box, but to account for an open box.

Michael Behe

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Real entrepreneurs have what I call the three Ps (and, trust me, none of them stands for 'permission'). Real entrepreneurs have a 'passion' for what they're doing, a 'problem' that needs to be solved, and a 'purpose' that drives them forward.

Michael Dell

PassionTrustPurposeMeForward

It takes more discipline than you might imagine to think, even for thirty seconds, in the noisy, confusing, high-pressure atmosphere of a film set. But a few seconds' thought can often prevent a serious mistake being made about something that looks good at first glance.

Stanley Kubrick

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I've learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom - how great is that?

Soledad O'Brien

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Most of the time, a kid doesn't think about what he's doing or why. This is the privilege of childhood.

Robert Fulghum

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Farm to table is a personal choice.

Tom Douglas

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We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

Louis Armstrong

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I started growing my hair out when I was, like, 22, 23. I just stopped cutting it.

Jonathan Van Ness

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I still have my first paycheck. It was just, I think, a dollar or two that I got when I started as a songwriter with BMI, and I had some songs there that I had through the company, and in the mail I got this big old check for, like, a dollar and a half or something. Somebody had recorded one of my songs.

Dolly Parton

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I love the sport, and I have for a long time. I'd stay up late and watch the Pride New Year's Eve shows. I watch all the UFC pay-per-views. I'm a fan. I love this stuff.

CM Punk

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