Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes
It took me a long time to understand the relationship between ideas and between objective facts. But after I clearly understood this relationship, I didn't fool around with other wild ideas. That is one of the main reasons why I just make my scheme as simple as possible.
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It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
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Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If looking good and being fit was easy, everyone would do it! Most people don't want to put in the work or make the sacrifices needed in order to be fit.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.
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Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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Something about 'Battlestar' that I didn't realize when I took the job was this whole bubble aspect of closing people in and seeing what they do.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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People work hard.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.
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Stories are great, but at the end of the day, you remember that moment and that moment and that moment. 'The Avengers' had all of this great, giant action, but for all of the clever dialogue, it's the moments.
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How Long Is the Coast of Britain?
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.
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I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.
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It took me a long time to understand the relationship between ideas and between objective facts. But after I clearly understood this relationship, I didn't fool around with other wild ideas. That is one of the main reasons why I just make my scheme as simple as possible.
