"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

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""Think simple" as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles."

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

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"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

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"The first is last, and the last is first."

Joanna Southcott, English Celebrity

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"I wanted a name that would put us first in the phone directory, or second if you count ABBA."

Martin Fry, British Musician

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"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

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"I think worship is a lifestyle, first of all."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

First, Worship

"In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note."

George Shearing, British Musician

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"I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir."

Fawn Hall, American Celebrity

First, Rights

"This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S."

Mario Monti, Italian Public Servant

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"The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation."

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"We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life."

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"It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture.""

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"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."

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"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."

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"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

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"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."

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""Think simple" as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles."

"A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think."

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

"The first is last, and the last is first."

"I wanted a name that would put us first in the phone directory, or second if you count ABBA."

"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date."

"I think worship is a lifestyle, first of all."

"In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note."

"I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir."

"This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S."

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"The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation."

"There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing."

"I have nothing to say, I am saying it, and that is poetry."

"We need not destroy the past. It is gone."

"We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life."

"It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture.""

"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."

"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot."

"The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason."

"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."