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“I really don't have a problem showing the ugly side of people. If that means my wearing no makeup, that's fine. To me, that's beautiful.”
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“A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance.”
Source : Clark Kerr (2001). “The Uses of the University”, p.14, Harvard University Press
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“Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“None of my songs are written 'about' someone or something, they all just sort of tumble out unannounced, like the worst kind of house guest.”
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“Remember the hours after Sept. 11 when we came together as one...It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.”
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“Hiphop has remained in an infantile stage and has not been allowed to grow.”
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“To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the blade. Before the story ended, he'd removed the iron sliver I thought I'd die from. I can't remember the tale, but hear his voice still, a well of dark water, a prayer. And I recall his hands, two measures of tenderness he laid against my face.”
Source : Li-Young Lee (1986). “Rose: Poems”, p.15, BOA Editions, Ltd.
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“Leanness of body and soul may go together.”
