Zaha Hadid Quotes
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The Resistance is a moral certainty, not a poetic one. The true poet never uses words in order to punish someone. His judgment belongs to a creative order; it is not formulated as a prophetic scripture.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Clothing and makeup and hair and all of that so much indicates the kind of person you are inside and the person you are presenting on the outside. Sometimes they are in conflict, and sometimes they are the same. That psychology of the exterior informing the interior is just so interesting.
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Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
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I am always locked in my design studio.
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All men begin their learning with Homer.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.
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No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching.
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The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
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Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively new country, and a place that few Americans seem to fully understand.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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Thoughts are fine when you don't confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are.
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Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image.
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When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.
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I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness.
