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		Images in the 20th century had a unique power where image became divorced from reality, and often more important than reality... Buildings were judged - at least by members of our own profession - more by the way they looked in magazines than by the satisfaction people felt when using them.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Christopher Alexander 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Maddow 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				T. J. Perkins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrick J. Kennedy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harold E. Hughes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bat for Lashes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Garry Wills 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Earl Blumenauer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy books that I strongly suspect they will never read, and as an author, I must tell you, I don't mind this one bit. We buy books aspirationally. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabrielle Zevin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My daughter said, 'I don't think granddad really suits you.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ian McShane 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Having the ability to relate to people is such an important part of management and leadership. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marne Levine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Lord Asriel is just a man, with human power, no more than that. But his ambition is limitless. He dares to do what men and women don't even dare to think. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Philip Pullman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Images in the 20th century had a unique power where image became divorced from reality, and often more important than reality... Buildings were judged - at least by members of our own profession - more by the way they looked in magazines than by the satisfaction people felt when using them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Christopher Alexander