Rem Koolhaas (Remment Lucas Koolhaas) Quotes
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
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My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
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One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
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I'm quite confident with the way that I look but you find something else to focus on don't you if, I mean I, I have body issues that's my thing so you find something to focus on when you're a perfectionist, I think.
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The good books stick around for a reason. There is a reason that we come back to them and they are so rewarding.
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I think human societies tend to be problematic.
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When I started out modeling, there weren't casting directors and there weren't stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then.
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A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.
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I write very slowly.
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We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.
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The words of the world want to make sentences.
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You have to trust your body to take care of you.
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There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life.
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I love London, but I miss air; I miss space. My dream is to find a mountain where I can live.
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Playing the villain, bringing her to life, is the most fun because there really are no rules.
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I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me,And every step I take recalls how much in love we used to be.Oh, how can I forget you?When there is always something there to remind me
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Inner city education must change. Our responsibility is not merely to provide access to knowledge; we must produce educated people.
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The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day.
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The City is an addictive machine from which there is no escape