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Oscar Niemeyer Quotes

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: architect
Nationality: brazilian
Birth: December 15, 1907 - December 5, 2012

Topics

Space Design You Buildings Concrete

I don't mean to in any way impugn the makers of Bentley, but that car is nuts. When I do drive, I drive a Toyota Prius. So driving around the streets of Albuquerque in a Bentley made me feel so fake-a-rooney.

Car Me Drive Feel Driving Way

I used to write about experiences that a 20-year-old would write about - going out with your friends, having a drink. You know, things were a little bit sexier in a different way. Now, you know, I'm a mom, and I want to filter some of the things that I say.

Jessie James Decker

Mom Friends You Know Say Want

The question of many college quarterbacks is can they operate in the pro game, in the pro system. Can they not only function under the early, especially with our game, but can they do it efficiently?

College Game Early Question System

I came to London. I spent nine months doing domestic work and gardening because I knew I wanted to get a West End show. So, when I was offered jobs in Stoke or Leicester or whatever, I'd say no. Eventually, I got 'Godspell.' It was gently building.

Work Gardening Building End Doing

Sylvie Guillem is the best dancer in the world.

Best World Dancer

I first went to the Chubut valley, the colony that runs about 800km across the width of Argentina, in 2000. My uncle had been there tracing family and came back saying I had to go. So a year later I did.

Family Saying Year Back Uncle Go

They say Afghanistan is the worst country for a girl to be born. Hogwash!

Girl Born Country Say Worst Hogwash

Our pool is outdoors, but it's heated, and I've got one of those machines that produces waves you have to swim against; like a jogging treadmill, really, only it's in water. Basically, it means you can have a small pool, swim for miles, and get nowhere.

Rupert Penry-Jones

Water Small Waves Outdoors You Pool

I loved 'Welcome to the Dollhouse.' That was one of the most influential movies ever. You know that genre with the nerdy girl, and she redeems herself in the end. Like 'Napoleon Dynamite.' And in 'Welcome to the Dollhouse,' she doesn't. She sucks. It's like, that's what's real. That's what's heartbreaking.

Jonathan Krisel

Girl Welcome End Loved You Know

Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth.

Change Business Earth Will Way Make

Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere.

Lose Nobody Jungle Secret Pork Fail

Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing - we're domesticated apes with a microphone.

Men Voice You More Write Melody

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