Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes
Architecture is always the will of the age conceived as space - nothing else. Until this simple truth is clearly recognized, the struggle over the foundation of a new architecture confident in its aims and powerful in its impact cannot be realized; until then, it is destined to remain a chaos of uncoordinated forces.
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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I admit that when challenging times first surface, it's not first instinct to do a happy dance. But when you take time to pause and add insight to injury, you will immediately start to feel empowered to make those majorly needed life shifts.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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It's nice to work with your own alma mater.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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I feel so much more comfortable when I'm working on material which makes other people scratch their heads and ask, 'You're going to make a musical out of that?'
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A lot of money eliminates a category of worry. If your car breaks down, you're still going to get through the day. But it doesn't make you a happy person if you weren't a happy person before.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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I am at work on a girl. It is quite simple a girl getting up on the edge of her bed and pulling on her stockings. The bed is whitish, and in addition there are white sheets, a white nightdress, a bedside table with a white cover, white curtains and a blue wall. as model for his painting 'Morning', 1884
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After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else.
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Cricket is not like a government job where retirement age is fixed at A cricketer can retire at 30 or 60; it's up to the player.
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An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms.
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Architecture is always the will of the age conceived as space - nothing else. Until this simple truth is clearly recognized, the struggle over the foundation of a new architecture confident in its aims and powerful in its impact cannot be realized; until then, it is destined to remain a chaos of uncoordinated forces.
