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"Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive."
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"My doctor felt that the main contributing factor was so many years of malnutrition, especially during my formative years, even before I got into modeling."

"It is hard to imagine 10 years is not quite long enough to learn a lesson."

"And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable."

"Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling."

"Barry is an incredible singer. He's even gotten better through the years."
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"The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts."

"We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist."

"The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself."

"There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization."

"We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1,000 or 2,000 years ago, as undeveloped."

"Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise."

"In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect."

"Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today."

"The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process."
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