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"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."
Genevieve Gorder
"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."
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"Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State."
Ginny B. Waite
"Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State."
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"Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design."
Janine Turner
"Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design."
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"It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design."
Christian Siriano
"It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design."
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"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots."
James Cameron
"I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots."
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"Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design."
Edward Tufte
"Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design."
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"I have never seen a game's graphics look so sharp and clean. The sound design for the game is also unique on the Xbox. The memory on this system allowed us to provide the user with 5.1 Dolby surround sound for home theatre owners."
Don Bluth
"I have never seen a game's graphics look so sharp and clean. The sound design for the game is also unique on the Xbox. The memory on this system allowed us to provide the user with 5.1 Dolby surround sound for home theatre owners."
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"Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far."
Kevin Kelly
"Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far."
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"A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker."
David Hume
"A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker."
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"For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation."
Kim Campbell
"For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation."
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"The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants."
Michael Dell
"The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We don't really care, as long as we're selling the one the customer wants."
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"A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life."
Charlie Byrd
"A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life."
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"The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995."
Charles Foster Bass
"The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995."
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"Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be."
Dennis Conner
"Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be."
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"So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed."
Debi Thomas
"So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed."
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"It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution."
George Edmund Street
"It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution."
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"I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration."
Genevieve Gorder
"I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration."
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"Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it would include a memorial to those removed from their families. However, they refused to include any of those who were removed in the design of their own memorial."
Malcolm Fraser
"Three years ago the Government announced the creation of Reconciliation Place, and said that it would include a memorial to those removed from their families. However, they refused to include any of those who were removed in the design of their own memorial."
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"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition."
Freeman Thomas
"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition."
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"I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks."
Edward Tufte
"I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks."
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"It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this."
Michael Graves
"It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this."
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"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."
Marcus Aurelius
"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself."
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"I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc."
Isambard K. Brunel
"I am going to design... a Station after my own fancy; that is, with engineering roofs, etc."
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"We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design."
Steve Albini
"We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design."
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"I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design."
Yukihiro Matsumoto
"I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design."
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"Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions."
John Langdon
"Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions."
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"Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design."
Christopher Alexander
"Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design."
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"I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing."
Donald Norman
"I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing."
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"If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq."
Jack Reed
"If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq."
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"To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master."
Milton Glaser
"To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master."
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"It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it."
Richard Steele
"It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it."
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"But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?"
Mary Astell
"But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?"
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"In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not."
Samuel E. Morison
"In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not."
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"If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings."
Lance Loud
"If there is a gay uniform, the differences are in how each man coordinates the details: the brand and cut of the jeans, the design of belts and boots, the haircut, the number and size of earrings."
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"The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect."
Carson McCullers
"The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect."
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"The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years."
Anthony Holden
"The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years."
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"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."
Christian Lacroix
"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."
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"Intelligent design itself does not have any content."
George Gilder
"Intelligent design itself does not have any content."
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"In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force."
Charles Foster Bass
"In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force."
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"Design is an unknown."
Geoffrey Beene
"Design is an unknown."
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"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes."
David Herbert Lawrence
"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes."
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"And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins."
Thomas Keneally
"And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins."
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"I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical."
Giorgio Armani
"I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical."
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"After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either."
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"The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it."
Mary Astell
"The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it."
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"Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology."
David Bromstad
"Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology."
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"I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response."
Liz Phair
"I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response."
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"An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service."
Daniel J. Boorstin
"An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service."
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"I don't design clothes, I design dreams."
Ralph Lauren
"I don't design clothes, I design dreams."
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"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."
Tim Berners Lee
"Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design."
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