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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When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.
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I was named Margaret Yvonne. 'Margaret' because my mother was very fond of one of the derivatives of the name. She was fascinated at the time by the movie star Baby Peggy, and I suppose she wanted a Baby Peggy of her own.
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Digital media are biased toward replication and storage. Our digital photos practically upload and post themselves on Facebook, and our most deleted e-mails tend to resurface when we least expect it. Yes, everything you do in the digital realm may as well be broadcast on prime-time television and chiseled on the side of the Parthenon.
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There will be a Skype movie soon... someone will crack the code, and it will be great. Then, there'll be 30 Skype movies, and we'll be like, 'Oh, that's boring.'
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The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.
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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.
