Rem Koolhaas Quotes

Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.

Rem Koolhaas

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: November 17, 1944

Topics

MeWritingNobodyAnythingDifferent

You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way. I don't even know how you approach the process of conceiving the characters if in a sense you hated them. It's just absurd.

Joel Coen

LoveProcessWeirdYouKnowKind

Chess masters don't evaluate all the possible moves. They know how to discard 98 percent of the ones they could make and then focus on the best choice of the remaining lot. That's the way expertise works in other fields, too: Wise practitioners recognize familiar patterns and put their creativity, improvisation, and skill toward the marginal cases.

John Dickerson

BestFocusCreativityWiseChoice

I basically gave up my dream of becoming a mom.

Mayte Garcia

MomDreamUpBecomingGave

Online, offline, it's gotta be the same.

Angela Ahrendts

SameOnlineGotta

As for the like of Hillary Clinton, I - you know, I've covered Secretary of State Clinton before. I covered her during her campaign. And she's a very likable and charismatic person once you get the chance to spend any time close to her.

Michael Hastings

TimeChanceYouPersonKnowShe

Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.

John Ralston Saul

NatureFreedomSocietyExerciseNeed

Good managers have a bias for action.

Tom Peters

GoodActionBiasManagers

People kind of stumble their way through life a lot of times.

Mike White

LifePeopleKindWayStumbleTimes

Well, look, I'm as Tea Party as it gets.

Jason Chaffetz

TeaLookPartyWellTea PartyGets

I love heels. I remember the first time I saw a pair of heels my mum said: 'You're not wearing those. They're too high!'

Dionne Bromfield

LoveTimeRememberYouSaidHigh

Our troops are home. It's time for American business to replace the yellow ribbons with help wanted signs.

Bobby Kotick

HomeBusinessTimeYellowHelpOur

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

GovernmentPeopleMust

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