Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes
Create form out of the nature of the task with the means of our time. This is our work.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing.
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For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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The pace of television is very different from film.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
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I think I'm going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato. I'm very excited! It's going to be a big day and my husband is in charge of the turkey - he's the chef of the family!
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The wisest have the most authority.
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Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.
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Genius still means to me, in my Russian fastidiousness and pride of phrase, a unique dazzling gift. The gift of James Joyce, and not the talent of Henry James.
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In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.
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Create form out of the nature of the task with the means of our time. This is our work.
