Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes
It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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The 100m taught me a lot and it's given me confidence.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
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I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white.
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My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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The less food, the more time to talk, the more to talk about.
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Dance should mean something to you.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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But I made no efforts to organize my supporters to hold on to the apparatus. Consequently I was soon expelled and my followers, who did not change coats overnight, quietly left or were expelled from the party.
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You could almost write an opera about the selection of music directors for orchestras. The intrigues are really interesting, and then, at the end, the results are completely unexpected.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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That is human nature, that people come after you, willingly enough, provided only that you no longer love or want them.
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Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille.
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I like when people don't feel the need to have everything add up perfectly. I don't think we need that, what I think we need is to let ourselves have room to move and understand that life is a journey. And with that comes freedom. I think the more you try to compartmentalize and snap it all into place you may rob yourself of an experience that's really important for you.
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It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom.
