Leon Krier I grew up in a small town that was absolutely a perfect embodiment of new urbanism. – Leon Krier Absolutely Quotes Embodiment Quotes Grew Quotes Perfect Quotes Town Quotes Urbanism Quotes The Eisenhower Memorial competition and project have stirred a remarkable polemic, the center of which is not President Eisenhower or Washington, D.C. but Mr. Gehry and the values he promulgates. The more you densify a city, the more congestion will increase, however technology changes… cities so packed that they will no longer function… vertical sprawl.
Ken Liu I wanted to make my stories, which are inspired by Asian stories, into something fresh, decontextualized – to give them new life as a new kind of fantasy that isn’t so cloying and exotic and strange. – Ken Liu
Rob Portman The TV ads have been coming hot and heavy in Ohio. I think the Obama campaign has outspent the Romney campaign by two-to-one or three-to-one, depending on the analysis you look at. People are tired of the attacks already, and here we are in July. – Rob Portman
Mandy Patinkin As a young man, I think I was in a bit of the revenge business for too many years of my life. – Mandy Patinkin
Hilary Mantel Sometimes I fantasize that all my furniture has been destroyed in a cataclysm, and I have to start again with only the stationery catalogue. My entire house would become an office, which would be an overt recognition of the existing state of affairs. – Hilary Mantel
CourageRobert Crumb Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It’s kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances. – Robert Crumb
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