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“Having confidence in a free society is to focus on the process of discovery in the marketplace of values rather than to focus on some imposed vision or goal. Using governmental force to impose a vision on others is intellectual sloth and typically results in unintended, perverse consequences. Achieving the free society requires courage to think, to talk, and to act - especially when it is easier to do nothing.”
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“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.”
Source : New York Times 27 Dec. 1964, p. 9E
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“My belief about acting in one foot on a banana peel and the other one in the grave.”
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“The tax code is a monstrosity and there's only one thing to do with it. Scrap it, kill it, drive a stake through its heart, bury it and hope it never rises again to terrorize the American people.”
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“What I've noticed about celebrities is, if they are really successful, they're more down-to-earth.”
Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
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“'District 9', 'Elysium' and 'Chappie' were all born out of some visual concept first. 'Chappie' is the imagery, because I think I'm a visual person first, of this ridiculous robot character. It's much more comedy based and in an unusual setting.”
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“Art is the one thing that's the universal virtue that you can have in any class.”
Source : "United Nations". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2014.
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“Whatever you focus on you're going to feel.”
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“The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.”
Source : "Pulp" by Imogen Tilden, www.theguardian.com. October 22, 2001.
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“The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for freedom and for America.”