Rem Koolhaas (Remment Lucas Koolhaas) Quotes
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Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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When at just 27 years old, Qaddafi, colonel in the Libyan army, inspired by his Egyptian colleague Abdel Nasser, overthrew King Idris I in 1969, he applied important revolutionary measures such as agrarian reform and the nationalization of oil.
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No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention which framed that instrument to make it conform as far as possible with that law.
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I'm curvy.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.
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Something funny certainly happens when palladium and platinum come into contact with hydrogen gas; it's one of the great mysteries still waiting to be solved on the periodic table. But it's quite a leap from 'something funny' to cold fusion.
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The government should move towards supporting aspirations and not entitlement. Subsidies supporting non-productive growth should be reduced.
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No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.
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You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts, but you know, Russia is not exactly the place with multiple language skills so local networks kind of have an edge.
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Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
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Everyone has the right to their lives and to look the way they want to! Tomorrow I can put on 25 kilos... it's my choice, my body!
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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You can't hold up a blog; you can hold up a magazine.
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Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.
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I have a great life and I'm super active.
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I think that women are much more collaborative; men are much more competitive.
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I don't enjoy the diminishing agility of the body!I had knee surgery and I no longer can go do three yoga classes and run. It's not as much fun, physically. But emotionally, it's way more fun. I am so much happier and contented and less agitated - I'm just calmer. So it's like everything in this human existence, it's a trade off - it's like you trade the virility of the body for the agility of the spirit. That's a good line. I have to remember that!
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A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.
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Im extremely honest, and I pride myself on it. I dont try to be shocking. Im playful, and I know when something Im saying is maybe shocking, but its just the truth, I never wanted to be scary to people or upsetting to people. I simply want to live the way I need to live.
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Sustainability has become an ornament.
