Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

What would life be like if everybody insisted you must have actually built such-and-such a thing by yourself? I'd be an old man and have nothing to show for the aging.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969

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Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing.

John Cena

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The band broke up because I couldn't bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance.

Sid Vicious

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I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.

Robert Ballard

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I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That's why I wasn't a great dancer - I couldn't articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can't explain it.

Rosie Perez

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Companies that support sports developmental programs in our communities should also be applauded.

Mary Lou Retton

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Sometimes I do movies that aren't any good, or sometimes I might not be any good in them, or sometimes they don't do very well.

Michael Keaton

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As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could have conceivably lived with Jim Crow - with the daily degradations, the lynchings in plain sight, and, as the movement gathered force, with the fire hoses and the police dogs and the billy clubs.

Jon Meacham

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Tony La Russa was quoted as saying that I was using steroids back then, and I was talking about it in the clubhouse, openly.

Jose Canseco

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If you watched 'Lost,' sometimes the episodes were crazy good, and sometimes you're like, 'That one was just sorta there.'

Bobby Moynihan

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For me, the creative process, first of all, requires a good nine hours of sleep a night. Second, it must not be pushed by the need to produce practical applications.

William Lipscomb

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I want my impact to be legendary.

Playboi Carti

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American movies are the most popular movies everywhere, and it is true that the quality is far from uniformly terrific.

Sydney Pollack

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