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I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was. – Maya Lin

Other quotes by Maya Lin

I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up. – Maya Lin

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teacher
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Maya Lin
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In art or architecture your project is only done when you say its 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. – Maya Lin

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architecture
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Maya Lin
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I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere. – Maya Lin

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War
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Other Quotes from
Politics
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Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. – Mikhail Bakunin

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Politics

I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldnt find my way into the fictional world… When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts. – David Guterson

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Politics

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore. – Stendhal

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Politics

I know my limitations, and I dont like politics. I was only involved because of my husband. – Corazon Aquino

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Politics

Random Quotes

The paper burns, but the words fly away. – Akiba ben Joseph

Category:
Censorship

About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow. – A.E. Housman

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Snow

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles. – Woodrow Wilson

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Government

I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a womans right to choose. I believe in marriage equality. – Andrew Cuomo

Category:
Equality