"Japan lives with drastic segregation between the sublime, the ugly, and the utterly without qualities. Dominance of the last 2 categories makes mere presence of the first stunning: when beauty 'happens', it is absolutely surprising."

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Rem Koolhaas

#Japan Quotes #Sublime Quotes #Quality Quotes

“A breath of our inspiration / Is the life of each generation.”
“We [Raymond and Meursault] stared at each other without blinking, and everything came to a stop there between the sea, the sand, and the sun, and the double silence of the flute and the water. It was then that I realized that you could either shoot or not shoot.”
“Now that I'm afraid was institutionalized, and the great thing about the Canadian content regulations is that it broke that open. I mean it broke it open because people were faced with no choice, but to really start listening to these records and find the ones that they could play. It didn't take long for Canadian radio to go "Wow! We're not going broke doing this, it's not killing us, the audience isn't complaining."”
“Human Rights for everyone is the necessary foundation upon which all of us may build a world where everybody may live in peace and serenity and plenty.”
“The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.”
“Hope is a waking dream.”
“I'm in favor of it as long as it's multiple choice.”
“When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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