"Architecture is changing faster than some other professions."

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Moshe Safdie

#Architecture Quotes #Faster Quotes #Profession Quotes

“Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country.”
“Older boys often asked me to teach them â€œsome bad words in your languageâ€. At first I politely refused. My refusal merely increased their determination, so I solved the problem by teaching them phrases like 'man kharam' which means â€œI'm an idiotâ€. I told them that what I was teaching them was so nasty that they would have to promise never to repeat it to anyone. They would then spend all of recess running around yelling â€œI'm an idiot! I'm an idiot!â€. I never told them the truth. I figured someday, somebody would”

Source : Firoozeh Dumas (2007). “Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America”, p.34, Random House
“If God was dead, how could I feel this bad?”
“Take each other for better or worse, but not for granted.”
“The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.”
“Making prostitution legalized gives our society a message that sex is not sacred/private between two adults - that sex can be bought and sold just like any object. But prostitutes are people, not objects to be consumed, used and discarded like trash when they are no longer doing what each client/trafficker wants.”
“In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too”

Source : Interview with Tom Heintjes, cartoonician.com. 1994.
“You don't wanna go eggin' him on. It'll never be my chair that your on, crown so tight that it cuts off circulation to the brain no oxygen. Other words there's no heir to the throne.”

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