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.Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
Ted Turner -
I'm still learning my craft.
Yann Martel -
Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
Gale Norton -
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.
Felipe VI of Spain -
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.
Kate Klise -
I am from Karnal, India.
Kalpana Chawla
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
Bat for Lashes -
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.
Octavia Spencer -
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.
Edie Campbell -
I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
Harold Robbins -
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
Edmund Burke -
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.
Olivia Cooke
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Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices.
Tariq Ramadan -
Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
Umberto Eco -
I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
M. Ward -
But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.
Lake Bell -
I'm always the interrogator. When I was an actor in rep, I always played sinister parts. The directors always said, 'If there's a nasty man about, cast Harold Pinter.'
Harold Pinter -
The launch of a space shuttle can still make you weep with amazement and wonder, if you happen to be watching it.
Hanna Rosin
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I don't even know why people do crime. They want to catch you, they're gonna catch you. They can. They got forensics. You ever seen forensics? Those guys find clues nobody else thinks about looking for. I mean it. You leave a pubic hair anywhere near a crime scene, they're gonna find that shit.
Dave Chappelle -
I had tried writing novels for many years, and they always escaped me. For a long time, I thought, 'It's just not in me to write a novel. It's not something I'm able to do.' It seemed like everything I wrote naturally ended at the bottom of page three. A picture book, three pages; an essay, three pages.
Kathi Appelt -
I could've always worked shows, clubs, Las Vegas and Atlantic City, but I was successful in business ventures, and things weren't happening in show business, so I said, 'Let me see what I can do.'
Gabe Kaplan -
You can't just dream about what you want and leave things to chance. You have to get it yourself.
Irina Shayk -
Each successive period of progress is a period more humane and spiritual. The only logical conclusion is that all is Mind and its manifestation, from the rolling of worlds, in the most subtle ether, to a potato-patch.
Mary Baker Eddy -
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.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe