Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

I discovered by working with actual glass models that the important thing is the play of reflections and not the effect of light and shadow, as in ordinary buildings.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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• I want to have some effect on the way the world works in whatever way I can, and I also want to have the power to help get the movies that I think are important made.

  

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• I'm a Christian, and I'm not judgmental towards anyone. I think that's really important.

  

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• The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.

  

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• What is important is to win.

  

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• Helping set the day's agenda and deciding what we used and editing it, that was a journalistic high point. I liked reporting as well. Just doing the news - the live performance - wasn't important. Working on the desk was.

  

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• My CIA colleagues were smart, dedicated, funny, and creative. Yes, there was sometimes stifling bureaucracy, boredom, colleagues who never should have been there, and later, deeply disturbing stories of the CIA's involvement in torture. Still, I got to do work I thought was incredibly important and, many times, had fun doing it.

  

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• I feel that I've got the opportunity to set a great role model for girls to look up to a strong, active, compassionate, loving, positive woman, and I think it's so important.

  

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• It's hard to be in the shadow of a Beyonce.

  

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• When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd seen how it worked.

  

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• My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.

  

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• A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.

  

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• Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment.

  

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• A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.

  

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• I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.

  

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• My school career was absolutely crucial to me. As an endurance athlete, some of the most important years are maybe when you are 16, 17, and 18. For me, getting that right was very important, and my school allowed me to do that.

  

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• I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

  

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• I think running a small nonprofit to work on the opioid crisis and bring interesting new businesses to the so-called Rust Belt - all of these things are valuable, if not more valuable, than running for office.

  

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• Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better.

  

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• I discovered by working with actual glass models that the important thing is the play of reflections and not the effect of light and shadow, as in ordinary buildings.

  

  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  • Important
  • Light
  • Shadow