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“Some remain great cities, but they shouldn't stand still. They should move in the direction of a knowledge-oriented society. Most cities have to do something to draw attention to themselves and make their particular assets visible on the international radar. I'm not talking about developing countries, but about the United States and Europe.”

“Detroit is an urban hell. But even in this city of the dying auto industry, there is reason to hope, if they manage to combine the creative forces of designers and other intellectual "suppliers" in other ways.”

Ifs Way Reason Force Cities Hell Creative Dying Industry Intellectual Manage Designer Urban Detroit Suppliers Auto Industry

Author:Charles Landry

“All cities have one key resource: the special abilities of the people who live in them. You just have to find out what they are. In the Australian city of Adelaide, for example, which is overshadowed by Sydney and Melbourne, I discovered a number of experts in the penal system. I advised them to work with these special skills.”

People Ability Numbers Cities Special Example Keys Skills Resources Experts Australian Sydney Melbourne Adelaide

Author:Charles Landry

“I like what Barcelona is doing. This city almost perfectly combines its natural advantages with cultural attractions, IT parks and first-rate educational opportunities. The same applies for Dublin, which manages to achieve a blend of complexity, tolerance and artistry and makes a point of not devoting every part of the city to the tourism industry. Sometimes creativity also means forgoing short-term profits and simply saying no.”

“In a city like London, the fact that cultures live together and cross-fertilize is a beautiful and natural thing. The many cultures in Amsterdam contribute to the city's high level of craziness - something which every interesting city should offer. But sometimes immigrants can live in parallel worlds which can exclude others and not be very attractive.”

“As far as population size goes, big is no longer important, and it can even be a drawback. In fact, the future belongs more to second-tier cities. Any place can become a world-class center today by finding an area in which it outperforms others, by thinking for the long term, by expanding its competitive abilities and by operating globally.”

Thinking World Long Important Facts Bigs Today Term Ability Cities Class Findings Areas Size Population Long Term Expanding World Class Drawbacks

Author:Charles Landry

“Hamburg will have a new and important attraction with which it can distinguish itself from other cities. But the important thing is that activities should not just be limited to the building, but that the concert hall should symbolize a general mood of creative rejuvenation.”

Should Important Cities Creative Building Activity Important Things Attraction Mood Halls Concerts Rejuvenation

Author:Charles Landry

“Another thing I like about German cities - and it's an advantage which they haven't sufficiently exploited yet - is that they are pioneers when it comes to environmental technologies. And green solutions are becoming more and more important.”

Important Cities Technology Havens Becoming Solutions Advantage Green Environmental Pioneers Becoming More

Author:Charles Landry

“The Germans are often too bureaucratic, too fixated on rules and not risk-oriented enough. And some of their officials have the feeling that they need to make everything in the cityscape look nice and pretty as quickly as possible. That was particularly apparent in the former East Germany after reunification. Then cities sometimes get a bit too neat and tidy.”

Needs Looks Sometimes Enough Feelings Bits Cities Nice Risk East Former Officials Germany Neat Tidy East Germany Reunification Neat And Tidy Cityscapes

Author:Charles Landry

“Most of the mosques were built in our cities in recent years because Turkish citizens in those neighborhoods feel a growing need for places to pray.”

Needs Feels Years Cities Growing Praying Citizens Built Neighborhood Turkish Mosques

Author:Wolfgang Schauble

“I was born on a pig farm in Norfolk. We grew up in the city called Norwich in Norfolk, then I moved to London when I was thirteen.”

Born Cities Grew Grew Up Moved London Farms Pigs Thirteen Norfolk Norwich

Author:Beth Orton

“I can pick out people in this city to follow. I can be in a show at the Museum of Modern Art, my space in the Museum of Modern Art is my mailbox, my mail is delivered there. Whenever I want mail, I have to go through this city to get my mail.”

People Want Art I Can Shows Space Cities Modern Picks Art Is Museums Mail Modern Art Mailboxes My Space

Author:Vito Acconci

“A great city with water barriers and no bridges is like a skyscraper with no elevators. Bridges are a monument to progress.”

Water Cities Progress Bridges Barriers Monument Elevators Great Cities Skyscraper

Author:Joseph Straus

“There are a lot of barbecue sauces. But I've been using Head Country barbecue sauce for 20 to 25 years, which is manufactured in Ponca City, Oklahoma. It's just awesome and has tremendous flavor. Many professional cooks use it and it can be found at Kroger and Walmart stores around the country. I use the Original, which has a white label and is a classic. But there's also a hickory flavor, called Hickory Smoke and one that has a little heat.”

Years Littles Country Use Found White Cities Originals Stores Smoke Labels Cooks Heat Classic Flavor Sauce Barbecue Oklahoma Walmart Barbecue Sauce

Author:Johnny Trigg

“The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.”

Has Beens Interest Cities Issues Taxes Europe Financial British Shy Regulation Introduction Transactions Reluctance Financial Regulation

Author:Francois Hollande

“What we have to do as a nation, and London as a city, is to get behind that figure and think what we are doing.”

Thinking Nations Cities Behinds Figures London

Author:Ian Blair

“I saw that Donald Trump is selling his penthouse suite at the Trump Park Avenue building here in New York City for $21 million. When asked why he's selling it now, Trump said 'Hey, Americans seem to be buying everything else I'm selling, so why not strike while the iron's hot.'”

Said Seems Cities Millions Saws New York Building Trump Hot Strikes Selling Hey Parks Buying Iron Why Not New York City Avenues Penthouses

Author:Jimmy Fallon

“The citizen takes his city for granted far too often. He forgets to marvel.”

Forget Cities Citizens Granted

Author:Carlos Fuentes

“My favorite thing of all time is a New York City when there's a blizzard. Everything gets really quiet, and everyone goes to the movies and the park.”

Cities New York Quiet My Favorite All Time Parks New York City Get Real Favorites Things Blizzard

Author:Idina Menzel

“We often judge cities by great public buildings. But we admire great cities because people live there in a beautiful way. You have to think about how each person will live there; you can't just think about abstract ideas.”

People Thinking Way Persons Ideas Beautiful Cities Building Judging Admire Abstract Great Cities

Author:Daniel Libeskind

“Look in every city or any town. Travel by foot, or train or plane. Do not settle until there is love. For there, there will be the address of your happiness.”

Looks Cities Feet Towns Train Planes Settling Addresses

Author:David Paul

“Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.”

Sound Cities Comfort Rough Makers Chicago Verses City Of Chicago

Book:Poems 2

Source: Poems 2

“This country belongs to all of us. We made this country from nothing, from mud-flats... Over 100 years ago, this was a mud-flat, swamp. Today, this is a modern city. Ten years from now, this will be a metropolis. Never fear!”

Years Made Country Today Cities Modern Ten Years Ago Flats Mud Swamps Never Fear Metropolis

Author:Mr. Lee

“We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it tradition, social workers say it's a sense of community, but it is memory we have banished from our cities. We have speed and power, but no place. Travel, but no destination. Convenience, but no ease.”

“College is a magic time. Yes, youre young and fickle, but you want to be part of this college experience... Then you graduate from that. You have your first job, moving to a new city.”

Want Firsts Jobs Moving Young Cities Magic College Graduates Fickle College Experience

Author:David Sze

“I think the future of architecture does not lie so much in continuing to fill up the landscape, as in bringing back life and order to our cities and towns.”

Thinking Doe Lying Order Cities Towns Architecture Landscape Continuing Cities And Towns

Author:Gottfried Bohm

“Something like 'Sex And The City' was insulting - women all clawing on to their youth when there's such ripe territory in honestly exploring women's lives as they get older.”

Sex Cities Youth Honestly Territory Exploring Insulting Ripe Sex And The City

Author:Samantha Bond

“I grew up in Bulgaria in a small city on the Black Sea Coast, so I was very interested in the sea, marine life, and everything related to it. But it was also a very dark place at night, so I could see the stars. And I just got very interested in it.”

Night Stars Black Dark Cities Sea Grew Grew Up Related Coast Marine Dark Places Marine Life Bulgaria

Author:Dimitar Sasselov

“In city planning, there is no limit to be fixed.”

Cities Limits Planning Fixed City Planning

Author:Willis Polk

“I believe that all people that are successful should pay back their cities, their states, their towns, our country.”

People Should Believe Country States I Believe Pay Cities Successful Towns Our Country

Author:John Catsimatidis

“It hit me that being hip was a full-time job, and I was only a part-timer. I couldn't hide forever that I liked county fairs, particularly the goat booth at the 4-H tent, or that I once spent a week with my grandmother at her house in the giant retirement community of Sun City, Arizona, and it was one of the most carefree times of my life.”

Jobs House Community Cities Sun Forever Week Fairs Hips Giants Grandmother Retirement My Grandmother County Goats Tents Arizona Carefree Time Of My Life Full Time Jobs Timer County Fair

Author:Jancee Dunn

“Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.”

Use Cities Dna Testing Vary

Author:Bill Dedman

“My mother took me to Venice one time and showed me all the houses where famous composers used to live. It gave me a fascination for music and the city, but also for architecture. It was a valuable lesson.”

Used Mother House Cities Lessons Valuable Architecture One Time Composer Fascination Venice Valuable Lessons

Author:Ben van Berkel

“Shooting at night in Los Angeles is amazing. The city shuts down at 10 P.M. every night, and a whole different cast of characters comes out.”

Different Whole Character Night Cities Casts Shooting Los Angeles Every Night

Author:Dan Gilroy

“There have only been two world-class goalkeepers. One was Lev Yashin, the other was the German boy who played for Manchester City.”

World Two Cities Class Boys Manchester Two Worlds World Class Goalkeepers Manchester City

Author:Lev Yashin

“Portland is a really great city, especially because I'm a shopper and there's no sales tax! That really adds up so fast, because in California, a $1000 pair of shoes ends up costing another $100.”

Ends Cities Taxes Add Shoes California Pairs Really Great Great Cities Pair Of Shoes Portland Shoppers Sales Tax

Author:Bitsie Tulloch

“If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart's parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker.com, he would have written something like this, the Bright Lights, Big City of the click-here-now generation.”

Ifs Bigs Light Parent Born Cities Written Generations Twenties Tao Clicks Gary Big Cities Bright Lights

Author:Gideon Lewis-Kraus

“Black Mask is new money. He's rich. He's very, very powerful. He's made it. He's known for being brutal and sadistic. And particularly at this point in the Arkham franchise he has enormous resources. He is the number one gang leader in Gotham. And has easily the most power in the city.”

Made Black Powerful Numbers Cities Known Leader Rich Resources Enormous Made It Mask Brutal Gang Very Powerful Sadistic Gotham

Author:Eric Holmes

“I just love New York, I love the people. The energy of the place. I really feel energized working here. I've always been made to feel very welcome, and it's a tremendous city.”

People Feels Made Energy Cities New York Welcome

Author:Julian Ovenden

“When night falls people become as lonely as snowflakes floating down from a gray city sky. Now and again we fall past a streetlamp and are visible, a brief moment apart, REAL-- we can be seen. We exist. Then we vanish into the gray darkness and the earth draws us to it.”

People Real Moments Earth Past Night Fall Cities Darkness Sky Draws Lonely Visible Gray Floating Snowflake Brief Moments

Book:Psalm at Journey's End

Source: Psalm at Journey's End

“True citizens of the heavenly city are the best residents of the earthly city.”

Cities Citizens Heavenly Residents

Author:Timothy Keller

“Any time there's a major change, whether it's going into a relationship, getting out of a relationship, moving to a new city, a death - that usually provides a catalyst for an explosion of creativity.”

Moving Cities Creativity Majors Explosions Catalyst Major Change

Author:Lucinda Williams

“Well, I'm kind of an urban girl, I like big cities. I like New York, I like London, I like L.A. I like people, I get lonely, really, really easily. But, I think it was good. It was very different and I think that's good.”

People Thinking Wells Kind Different Bigs Girl Cities New York Lonely London Urban Big Cities Girl I Like

Author:AnnaSophia Robb

“For a city to be beautiful, it must have a mysterious air!”

Beautiful Cities Air Mysterious

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Have you got a local mind? Broaden it! Have you got an international mind? Broaden it! Have you got a universal mind? It is not enough, because there are other universes. Broaden it! Broaden your mind till you get a multi-universal mind! And yet, this is not enough too! Broaden it! Leave your village; leave your city; leave your country; leave the earth; leave the universe; leave all the universes! Don't let your mind to cast anchor in any port! Narrow mind is the greatest enemy of the truth! The best mind is the one which has no frontiers!”

Mind Country Enough Earth Universe Cities Enemy Universal International Casts Locals Village Frontiers Anchors Port Narrow Minds

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“(The city is being) destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses, tearing down or destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years.”

Knows Way Trying Years Community Cities Tears Impact Property Destroyed Destroying Our Community Own Business Thug

Author:Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

“To have come on all this new world of writing, with time to read in a city like Paris where there was a way of living well and working, no matter how poor you were, was like having a great treasure given to you.”

World Way Writing Wells Matter Given Poor Cities Treasure Paris New World Live Well

Book:Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition

Source: Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition

“I am in Paris. Yes ma'am , I made it back. I came up from Berlin, stopped here ten days, fought a losing battle against my deepest inclinations, pulled myself out by the hair and went to Madrid...Madrid is a lovely enchanting city, and there was almost ready for me a kind of penthouse full of sunlight, a roof garden, and so on. I gave one look at it all, returned to the hotel and went to bed and wept bitterly for eleven hours...Why? Because I had seen Paris and could not endure the thought of being anywhere else.”

Looks Kind Made Hours Cities Ready Hair Battle Bed Ten Losing Garden Endure Lovely Made It Paris Hotel Sunlight Roof Inclination Eleven Berlin Enchanting Madrid Penthouses

Author:Katherine Anne Porter

“This London City, with all of its houses, palaces, steam-engines, cathedrals, and huge immeasurable traffic an tumult, what is it but a Thought, but millions of Thoughts made into One-a huge immeasurable Spirit of a Thought, embodied in brick, in iron, smoke, dust, Palaces, Parliaments, Hackney Coaches, Katherine Docks, and the rest of it! Not a brick was made but some man had to think of the making of that brick.”

Source: On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History

“The poison was brewed in these West lands but it has spat itself everywhere by now. However far you went you would find the machines, the crowded cities, the empty thrones, the false writings, the barren beds: men maddened with false promises and soured with true miseries, worshipping the iron works of their own hands, cut off from Earth their Mother and from the Father in Heaven. You might go East so far the East became West and you returned to Britain across the great Ocean, but even so you would not have come out anywhere into the light. The shadow of one dark wing is over all Tellus.”

Source: That Hideous Strength

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