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Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid
British Architect
Born: Oct 31, 1950
Died: Mar 31, 2016
Always Architecture People Think Women You
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I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven. Zaha Hadid
Love Myself Drive East London Driven Driving Like Around Always Surprises Full Actually
I don't think I am that tough, actually. Well, tough in the sense that I don't take any rubbish, and that doesn't make me very popular, frankly. I mean, because some people say something to me, and I just tell them off. I mean, why should I put up with it? Zaha Hadid
Me People Some People Tough Sense Think Rubbish Say Frankly Tell People Say Some Something Take Put Well Make Because Am Off Up Very Any Just Mean Them Should Popular Why Actually
My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that. Zaha Hadid
You Car Pay Particularly Shed Buildings Tin Expensive Want
I think it's good if areas get upgraded and gentrified, as long as the people who always lived there can stay. But they get pushed out to some place. Zaha Hadid
Good People Long Think Out Stay Some Area Pushed Always Get Place Who Lived
I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong. Zaha Hadid
Time You Training Will Research Think Guessing See Intuitive Architects Ten Ten Years Wrong Years May Happen Twenty Based
What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings. Zaha Hadid
Civic Similar Between Buildings America Lack Britain
I'm a pushover. I make allowances for people if I like them. Zaha Hadid
People Allowances Like Make Them
Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society. Zaha Hadid
Education Important Important Things Society Hospitals Most Housing The Most Important Things
Men think a woman should not have an opinion. Zaha Hadid
Woman Men Think Opinion Should
I made a decision when I was in school that I'd have a lot of male friends. Zaha Hadid
School Decision Made Male Lot Friends
As a woman, you're not accessible to every world. Zaha Hadid
You Woman World Every Accessible
I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it. Zaha Hadid
Life Politics You Arab All Your Life Know Because Am Iraqi Very Quite Sensitive Your Conscious
People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them. Zaha Hadid
People Power Kind Up Them Used Playing
I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid. Zaha Hadid
Think Everybody Kid Never Had Child Planet Should Desire
I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.' Zaha Hadid
Focus Too Say Tidy Around Always Go Up Office Whenever Used Many Things
Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time. Zaha Hadid
Time You Women Architecture Half Respected See Architects Students Female Established
When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building. Zaha Hadid
Great Progress Building Nation Sense Unbroken Great Sense Nation-Building Iraq Up Optimism Moment Belief Growing Growing Up
I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality. Zaha Hadid
Reality Become Design Projects See Architectural Equally Always Proud Am Ambitious Rewarding
I find industrial cities exciting. I like their toughness. Zaha Hadid
Cities Find Toughness Exciting Like Industrial
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