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" I always thought I was powerful, since I was a kid. "

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" There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day. "

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" I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality. "

" As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality. "

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" I don't think that everybody in the planet should have a child. I've never had the desire I should have a kid. "

" Like men, women have to be diligent and work hard. "

" I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper. "

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" Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun. "

" Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society. "

" People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok. "

" My father was a socialist, so he would have thought that I shouldn't be a dame. "

" When I taught, all my best students were women. "

" I'm into fashion because it contains the mood of the day, of the moment - like music, literature, and art. "

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" What's nice about concrete is that it looks unfinished. "

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" Contrary to popular view, I've never been patronized in the Middle East. Men maybe treat women differently, but they do not treat them with disrespect. They don't hate women. It's a very different kind of mentality. "

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" Men think a woman should not have an opinion. "