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Tadao Ando

"I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world."

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"I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world."

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Amber Hurdle

"I took a breath and let it go and suddenly the air was crisper and my lungs lighter and suddenly there was him saying my name in different ways and I catch myself throwing glances in the mirror, seeing someone I don't know quite yet but I can't wait to, and that is the start of everything."

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Amber Hurdle

"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

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Amber Hurdle

"We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings."

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Amber Hurdle

"Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home."

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Amber Hurdle

"I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness."

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"The rest of it - and perhaps the best of it - is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will."

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Amber Hurdle

"They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food."

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Amber Hurdle

"Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour."

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Amber Hurdle

"The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found."

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Amber Hurdle

"I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for."

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"You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see."
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"My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process."
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"There is a role and function for beauty in our time."
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"When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together."
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"If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness."
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"But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance."
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"At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage."
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"In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside."
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"The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have."
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"But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be."
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