"In creating a building, architects do think they're making the world a better place. And then they hope to make the world an even better place by making another thing which will be even bigger than the last thing... and it is part of the pathology of being an architect to believe thus, and they do believe it, despite all the evidence to the contrary."

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Source : Source: thequietus.com

Jonathan Meades

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Creating Quotes

“You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature.”
“No matter how hard you dance, not everyone will clap”
“A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support.”
“There is only one winning strategy. It is to carefully define the target market and direct a superior offering to that target market.”
“They say the only people who tell the truth are drunkards and children. Guess which one I am.”
“The new kind of dancing meant liberation not only from the rules of leading and following but from rules of any kind.”

Source : Gerald Jonas (1998). “Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement”, Turtleback Books
“Every human being who has ever lived has suffered from a messiah complex-except one.”
“I never wanted to be a mother, and when I got the show I was really upset. I was like "I'm not sexy anymore!" The more you become a mom, you're not sexy, which of course is crap. But that's the way actors look at it. Of course, that's not true now. But everybody expects you to look differently and act differently.”

Source : "Jackée Harry on 227, Ladybugs, and why she wants to be the next Maggie Smith". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. February 26, 2016.

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