Peter Zumthor Quotes
If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
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I was in San Francisco for 'Trauma' and then got back to town and got situated and started looking at things and passing on things. I think I was around for a month and a half, and there were other projects that were up, but it's all a waiting game. And then, 'The Vampire Diaries' came up, and I was really interested and read for it.
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You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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In 2003, as a 21-year-old convert to Islam, I moved from Colorado to Cairo to see what life was like in a Muslim country.
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It's a burden trying to keep a secret. It's hard. It probably takes more out of you trying to hold it and keep it than it does for you to really let it out.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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I can't comprehend that I'm in the film of 'Les Miserables.' It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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As a person, to inspire some young girls and give them something to look at and give them something to play for, I think is such a great position to be in. I'm glad that I can follow all of the great Korean players' footsteps.
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One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
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I was captain in Atletico at 19, playing in the same team as Demetrio Albertini, who won three Champions Leagues, and Sergi Barjuan from Barcelona, who had won everything, and they were 32, 33. I was a kid as captain, so I wasn't the real captain, just a kid learning from them.
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The virtue of the market is that it disperses responsibility.
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A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
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I've always been a very young person with a very old soul.
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Some temptations are so great it takes great courage to yield to them.
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If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.
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If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.
