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"Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression."
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"Her words are her wings. She's flying."
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"I write to express my love for the humanity."
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"God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit."
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