Leon Krier Quotes
A city can only be reconstructed in the form of urban quarters. A large or a small city can only be reorganized as a large or a small number of urban quarters; as a federation of autonomous quarters. Each quarter must have its own center, periphery and limit. Each quarter must be a city within a city.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I love working the legislative process.
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.
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It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
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Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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I don't know that there is a, quote, 'hip-hop lifestyle.' I think the music responds to complex social issues and injustices; I think it also raises complex social questions.
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I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's around the next corner.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms.
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'Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more.
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The city of the future is a city that cares about its citizens and integrates its citizens.
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A city can only be reconstructed in the form of urban quarters. A large or a small city can only be reorganized as a large or a small number of urban quarters; as a federation of autonomous quarters. Each quarter must have its own center, periphery and limit. Each quarter must be a city within a city.
