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"Clients willing to indulge the futuristic whims of architects are notoriously rare. ... 'Winka had to make a lot of decisions for me,' he said. 'But she actually made better choices than I would have made myself.' " (Jonathon Carroll, "a British art collector, who recently retired from investment banking at 33," Christopher Mason, nyt_99.12.23)
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"Clearly enchanted by all the modernity, Mr. Carroll does not seem at all fazed that his designer has given him a doorless master bedroom. ... 'It is possible to have privacy,' he insisted ..." (Christopher Mason, nyt_99.12.23)
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