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Some of the opera houses in Italy had to be burnt down because people could neither see nor hear. They gave up seeing years ago, but they did enjoy the music.
Philip Johnson
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Philip Johnson
Age: 98 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 8
Died: 2005
Died: January 25
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Cleveland
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Philip Cortelyou Johnson
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Early unsuccessess shouldn't bother anybody because it happens to absolutely everybody.
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Scientific naturalism is a story that reduces reality to physical particles and impersonal laws, [and] portrays life as a meaningless competition among organisms that exist only to survive and reproduce.
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Don't build a glass house if you're worried about saving money on heating.
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There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.
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We do pretty much whatever we want to.
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