Rem Koolhaas (Remment Lucas Koolhaas) Quotes
It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel a freedom when I start running. If I don't train, I feel like everyone else in the Gaza Strip.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.
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My primary and secondary education was in French, which had a lasting influence on my life.
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Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.
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Sustainable South Bronx advocates for environmental justice through sustainable environmental and economic development projects.
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Hopping the fence or wading the Rio Grande River isn't part of America's immigration process.
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If you step out and do what you feel is right... and you're not attacking a person, and you're attacking a process, and you're attacking the status quo... and if somebody wants to hold a grudge against me, that's on them. It's not on me, and I'm going to do what I think is right.
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It's a shame that I haven't done an exhibition in India till now. But I am working on one in Delhi for January 2005. If things go well, there will be another in Mumbai too.
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I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me.
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TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years. And sure, everyone wants to be Bruce Willis or George Clooney - they want to be in film for the range of characters you get to play.
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And I'll tell you, honestly, folks that I talk to, the 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America, that I am one of, understand that we're done with insurance companies dropping us or denying us coverage because of - because we have a preexisting condition.
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It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy.
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After the cancer-free diagnosis, I thought I'd go off and do the things I never did in my teens and twenties. I realised putting things off in life can be dangerous because suddenly you can find you've run out of time.
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It's a morality film, and it poses the question 'What would you do?' I took it very seriously, just as the director did in terms of atmosphere and lighting, and I was just trying to help that vision along.
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My accent really comes out when I'm speaking in public or when I'm passionate about something.
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It just clicked that it was the next step for me; choreographing didn't interest me, and opening a studio wasn't a passion for me. I didn't know if I'd be very good at acting, but then my first scene in acting class... I just loved it.
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I didn't date for my entire teen life - it just wasn't on my mind.
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A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.
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As for wrinkles--Pshaw! Why shouldn't we have wrinkles? Honorable insignia of long service in this warfare.
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It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.
