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"Influence is a very unpleasant subject and I deal with it in a maybe irresponsible way, which is to really ignore it. It would be a nightmare if we started to really think about it; it would tie our hands, it would tie everyone else's hands."
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"To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!"

"The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray."

"You'll live your life at the least common denominator of those you spend the most time with if you are not watchful."

"Your impact on the lives of others--your family, the people at your church, your workmates--is cultivated with each decision you make, no matter how small."

"Other people influence your life through their actions and thoughts."

"In my opinion, the author-level metric can distort a real author's citation impact. For example, an author who has an h-index = 2 obtained on the basis of two published papers of which each is cited twenty times is more influential than an author who has an h-index = 3 obtained on the basis of three published papers of which each is cited three times."

"The collective consciousness of the people we associate with on a daily basis has an influence on our consciousness. Which holds us back from our true potential. Even if we believe that we are fully aware of our thoughts, feelings and emotions. The bigger picture will only present itself as we continue to grow."

"Followers, followers. Sometimes, with some things, it's best to keep your tally down."
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"The luxury of our position now is that we can almost assemble any team to address any issue."

"The work in S, M, L, XL was almost suicidal. It required so much effort that our office almost went bankrupt."

"Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning."

"The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models."

"When shopping was still connected to the street it was also an intensification and articulation of the street. Now it has become utterly independent - contained, controlled, surveyed."

"We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main thing."

"If you have this reputation you can sit back and endure it, or you can try to do things with it."

"But now sustainability is such a political category that it's getting more and more difficult to think about it in a serious way. Sustainability has become an ornament."

"Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill."

"Each building has to be beautiful, but cheap and fast, but it lasts forever. That is already an incredible battery of seemingly contradictory demands. So yes, I'm definitely perhaps contradictory person, but I operate in very contradictory times."
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