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I don't think you can separate a place from its history. I think a place is much more than the bricks and mortar that go into its construction. I think it's more than the accidental topography of the ground it stands on.

~Alan Moore

Topics: Accidental Bricks Construction Go Ground History More Much Place Separate Stands Than Think You I Think

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We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on.

~Alan Shepard

Topics: Area Back Brief Construction Design Each End Engineers Get Gone Had Other Phases Testing Then Those Together Various Week Worked Would

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Ninety per cent of my family are hairdressers, and the other 10% are construction workers.

~Alessia Cara

Topics: Cent Construction Family Ninety Other Per Workers

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My construction business represents 10 or 20 times what I'll ever invest in football. But from the moment I bought the Chargers, I would become forever known as the owner of that NFL franchise.

~Alex Spanos

Topics: Become Bought Business Construction Ever Football Forever Franchise Invest Known Moment Owner Represents Times Would Nfl

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The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day.

~Alma Guillermoprieto

Topics: City Construction Day Get Job Mexico Most Paid Somebody Will

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History is like Santa Claus: a language construction. We have some registers about the existence of Santa and history - the presents under the tree, the archives - but none have really seen them.

~Alvaro Enrigue

Topics: About Archives Construction Existence History Language Like None Presents Really Santa Santa Claus Seen Some Them Tree

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There's something advantageous about being a woman in rock versus, say, a woman in chemistry or construction. There's definitely a built-in sexism across the board, but I think you're afforded a degree of freedom in rock because, historically, the rules have been flexible.

~Amanda Palmer

Topics: About Across Afforded Because Been Being Board Chemistry Construction Definitely Degree Flexible Freedom Historically Rock Rules Say Sexism Something Think Versus Woman You I Think

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So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a construction worker and people accept that. It's really the roles you give yourself.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: Accept Construction Doing Doing Good Give Good Out People President Really Roles Step Talented Talented People Than Worker You Yourself

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I'm not a booky actor, I don't go away and do loads of reading up on a part, generally. I'm more interested in what the people we're portraying do physically, and looking at their sentence construction.

~Andrew Buchan

Topics: Actor Away Construction Generally Go Go Away Interested Loads Looking More Part People Physically Portraying Reading Sentence Up

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In the first place, it must be remembered that our point of view in examining the construction of a play will not always coincide with that which we occupy in thinking of its whole dramatic effect.

~Andrew Coyle Bradley

Topics: Always Coincide Construction Dramatic Effect Examining First First Place Must Occupy Our Place Play Point Point Of View Remembered Thinking View Which Whole Will

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