Zaha Hadid Quotes
People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you; they dismiss you. I think it's a combination of me being a woman and a foreigner.
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Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.
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People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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TweetDeck is a very interesting client, because it presents a view that no other client in the world presents, which is this multicolumn, massive amounts of information in one pane. And people really, really enjoy that.
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I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.
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Being in water makes me relax instantly.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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People really do not have time to read all the newspapers in the world and all the sites that we now commonly use on the web. There is no possibility of keeping up.
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We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything.
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The Internet is changing what entertainment and sports is. It's not just a few people authoring an experience for others. It's really growing out of what everybody does.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in place, but I am a realist.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal.
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The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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I was a class clown since second grade.
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When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch.
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A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.
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People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you; they dismiss you. I think it's a combination of me being a woman and a foreigner.
