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"Jocelyn Bell joined the project as a graduate student in 1965, helping as a member of the construction team and then analysing the paper charts of the sky survey."

"I have kept a part of Catalina Productions going, through which I develop a few projects just for me."

"Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit."

"That was the producer who produced a couple of my solo albums. He produced my second, third and fourth solo albums. It was his project and I just joined him on it. I sang on one and played bass on another one."

"Well I've got lots more great TV projects in the pipeline."

"The best project is one that asks a novel question."

"I've turned down projects based on raunchiness before."

"You never know when you start a project just how good it can be."
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"Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there was a little bit of prejudice."

"In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures."

"It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public."

"Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture."

"Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist."

"To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom."

"Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field."

"When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business."
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