Frank Gehry Quotes

If I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it, I don't do it.

Frank Gehry

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I'm not homophobic in the slightest. I have lots of gay friends.

Michael Bisping

FriendsGayHomophobicLots

Utah today remains a battleground for land-use policies.

Stewart Udall

TodayUtahRemainsPolicies

I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled.'

Stewart Udall

FamilyGodPeaceDeathStoryYou

When you write non-fiction, you sit down at your desk with a pile of notebooks, newspaper clippings, and books and you research and put a book together the way you would a jigsaw puzzle.

Janine di Giovanni

TogetherResearchBookPuzzleYou

The booing and the drama help make the Olympics interesting, but at what cost? When will people finally get tired of it and start watching the X-Games or competitive tire rolling instead?

Johnny Weir

TiredPeopleStartInterestingHelp

I thought I was going to be a horror story writer. My influences were horror writers, like Rich Matheson, Ray Bradbury and Bram Stoker.

Christopher Moore

StoryRichThoughtHorrorGoingRay

I work very deliberately, with a plan. But sometimes I come to a point that I planned as the end and it needs softening. Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep - it can't be done abruptly.

Colm Toibin

WorkSleepChildEndingEndPlan

I jokingly refer to the word 'gourmet' as the 'g' word.

Arthur Schwartz

WordGourmetRefer

If I want to be alone, some place I can write, I can read, I can pray, I can cry, I can do whatever I want - I go to the bathroom.

Alicia Keys

AloneI CanPlaceGoCryWant

It is hubris that has gotten us into trouble in Washington. It is humility, principled leadership, and unwavering faith in the power of the states, the people, and our Constitution that will get us out.

Scott Pruitt

LeadershipFaithPowerHumilityWill

There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense.

Thomas Hobbes

LifeFearLiveMindDesireNever

A couple of people I knew went to university apart from me, but all the way through I was the smartest kid in the school. That's luck, but I was proud of it. And I was also proud of doing well without trying. As you get older, and it took me a long time to realise it, that's a disgusting attitude, revolting.

Ricky Gervais

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