Olafur Eliasson Quotes

I was in Beijing a month ago working on the smoke project in collaboration with an architect there, and I was asked very directly whether it was safe to breathe in the smoke. They did not have confidence in the museum not to use harmful smoke, and they certainly didn't have confidence that the city would protect them from harmful smoke.

Olafur Eliasson

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ConfidenceCityCollaborationSmoke

It is good to see women doctors and lawyers and executives. I can visualize a woman president. If I were British, I would have supported Margaret Thatcher. But no benefit to anyone can come from women serving in combat.

Jim Webb

GoodWomenWomanLawyersI CanSee

Undergraduate life on college campuses tends in the direction of neopagan excess.

Stanley Hauerwas

LifeCollegeDirectionExcessTends

There is no place for arrogance or complacency in racing because you are up there one minute and on your backside the next.

Tony McCoy

ComplacencyArroganceRacingYouUp

I was born in Korea and left before my first birthday.

Mary H.K. Choi

BirthdayBornFirstLeftI Was Born

I definitely want to manage. I just don't think it's the time right now.

Don Mattingly

TimeThinkNowWantRightJust

Yeah, we went to England to do a show and I got off the plane and I couldn't write my name or hold my hand up.

Johnny Winter

NameHandWriteUpHoldOff

For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.

Desmond Tutu

PeopleTryingYouWhiteGoodness

The people of Cleveland hate soccer. But it's my favourite thing and I follow the U.S. men's national team around when they play whenever I can.

Drew Carey

HateMenPeopleTeamI CanPlay

I can't say that I know the lexicon as intimately as a lot of people, so I may be unworthy of being called a Trekkie. That would be doing a disservice to the people who really are Trekkies.

Alice Eve

PeopleDoingKnowSayMayBeing

I prefer to be in tune with my surroundings and to be aware of things. I like listening to my foot strike and my breathing. It can be quite soothing.

Paula Radcliffe

ListeningStrikeSurroundingsAware

It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories; anything that excites us we want to be a part of. Science fiction is fun, too!

Timothy Dalton

LoveScienceFunActingWantActor

A conductor should guide rather than command.

Riccardo Muti

CommandGuideRatherThanShould

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