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Thom Mayne Quotes

Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: architect
Nationality: american
Birth: January 19, 1942

Topics

Art Architecture Political You Want

L.A., it's nice, but I think of sunshine and people on rollerblades eating sushi. New York, I think of nighttime, I think of Times Square and Broadway and nightlife and the city that never sleeps.

Sunshine New York People City Eating

It's a joy, the process itself, even instrumentally, playing and constructing music. It's just so beautiful to me.

Music Beautiful Joy Me Process Just

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Humor Nothing Little Like Levity

I can't listen to my own voice. I change my voicemail on my machine literally every week because I'm so obsessed with getting the right tone of voice.

Michael Angarano

Change Voice Week My Own Listen Own

The only way that we're going to feel secure in this country again and that we're going to feel good about ourselves is if we use these systems we've put into place to create positive change around the world. I really believe we can do that.

Positive Change Good World Feel Good

I try to watch everybody.

Steve Clevenger

Try Watch Everybody

Sometimes I understand how Bruce Wayne feels. When you take down a terrorist or something, there's always six guys to take their place. Everyone is Hydra. But you still have to do it.

You Down Place Sometimes Understand

In 2015, an opera opened about me and Justice Antonin Scalia. It's called 'Scalia/Ginsburg.' The composer, Derrick Wang, has degrees in music from Harvard and Yale. Enrolled in law school, he was reading dueling opinions by me and Justice Scalia and decided he could compose an appealing comic opera from them.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Music Justice School Me Law Reading

You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.

You Run Wild Pitching Keep Caught

Being a star just means that you just find your own special place, and that you shine where you are. To me, that's what being a star means.

Me Shine You Find Place Special

You ought to serve on the platform you run on.

Future Key Finding Wrong Out Toward

We're professional athletes. People know who we are, and if there's some way we can help with a friend or someone in need, that's a responsibility we have. I really strongly believe that.

Friend Responsibility People Believe

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