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This is not a review, but a comment on the very first chapter: "The Architect." It appears that this chapter is inspired by the real story of a building, now known as the "Looshaus," built in 1911 by Adolf Loos on the Michaelerplatz in Vienna. The bu
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“All life is problem solving”
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“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
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“The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.”
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“Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility by others. And no one can find a safe way out for himself if society is sweeping toward destruction. Therefore, everyone, in his own interests, must thrust himself vigorously into the intellectual battle. None can stand aside with unconcern; the interest of everyone hangs on the result. Whether he chooses or not, every man is drawn into the great historical struggle, the decisive battle into which our epoch has plunged us.”
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“I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money.”
― Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays
― Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays
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