I. M. Pei Quotes

I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.

I. M. Pei

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My main focus is to always try to be myself first, and then, hey, if I wear a cool jacket, that's a bonus.

John Krasinski

MyselfFocusCoolTryJacketFirst

What I know of Hawaii is from watching the 'Brady Bunch' shows from the seventies.

Michael Bastian

HawaiiKnowWatchingSeventiesBrady

Our definition of the alt-right is younger people who are anti-globalists, very nationalist, terribly anti-establishment.

Steve Bannon

PeopleWhoOurYoungerDefinition

Even for southerners, Arkansans are amazingly friendly and extend hospitality to all strangers with astonishing openness. You couldn't find a pretension in that state if you hunted from Jonesboro to El Dorado.

Molly Ivins

HospitalityYouStrangersFindEven

But I am delighted to be a Dodger, I grew up a Dodger fan and now my dreams have really come true.

Milton Bradley

DreamsI AmNowTrueUpCome

If ever we had proof that our nation's pollution laws aren't working, it's reading the list of industrial chemicals in the bodies of babies who have not yet lived outside the womb.

Louise Slaughter

ReadingPollutionOutsideNationWho

I don't care if you're Christian, you're Muslim, you're gay, you're straight - I am here to fight for your equality. Because I believe that we are all born equal, but we are not treated equally, and that is why we must fight.

Logic

FightI AmEqualityBelieveCare

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids.

JoJo

GirlThinkLittleI ThinkEvery

I miss the banter with friends and family, which more often than not takes place within the confines of a decent public house. So I miss the pubs.

Chris Vance

FamilyFriends And FamilyFriends

Relative to most people I know, I am comfortable just about anywhere. I went to 20 schools before the 8th grade because my father couldn't hold a job. We moved every six months. I had to adjust.

Clark Blaise

FatherJobI AmPeopleKnowAdjust

When I was in lower school, I graduated from fourth grade, and the principal gave us a summer assignment to take a 30-minute reflection period every day. And, of course, there were no cell phones at the time. She said to just think. And that's lost. It doesn't exist anymore. Just imagine being on a couch and just thinking.

Ansel Elgort

TimeReflectionDaySchoolThinking

I'm a mammal at the end. I breathe out and breathe in and eat. At the end, when we go to sleep, nobody lives this political definition. It's something we connect by and we try to understand each other by, but at the end, we know that this is not who we are.

Ashraf Barhom

SleepEndPoliticalNobodyGoKnow

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