Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes
We must understand the motives and forces of our time and analyze their structure from three points of view: the material, the functional, and the spiritual. We must make clear in what respects our epoch differs from others and in what respects it is similar.
Quotes to Explore
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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I'm still learning my craft.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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One of the best essays I've seen in recent years was by a young woman who wrote about how being chosen to choreograph a high school musical forced her to assume a leadership role she wasn't sure she was ready for - but of course she was.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater at a place called Oldham Theatre Workshop in my hometown.
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front and hidden for treacherous purposes.
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Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band. I would say that at least 80 percent of my energy was involved with whatever band I was involved in.
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I think there's something about supernatural shows that people see and just want to put me in them! I don't know. I just finished another show - 'The Nine Lives of Chloe King,' with Skyler Samuels, who was my girlfriend in 'The Gates' - and I play another supernatural character on that show.
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We must understand the motives and forces of our time and analyze their structure from three points of view: the material, the functional, and the spiritual. We must make clear in what respects our epoch differs from others and in what respects it is similar.
