“There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new.” PeopleFirstsReasonAmericaSpiritPossibilityEastSomething NewOpennessStemCoastEast CoastPioneeringPioneering Spirit Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“It was good to launch the economy in the '50s. Japan did this; China did this; even South Korea did this. All the East Asians did this - import substitution. I think all countries followed import substitution in the '50s and in the '60s, but I think by the '70s, countries were getting out of that first phase of the strategy.” ThinkingFirstsCountryEconomyStrategySouthChinaEastJapanPhasesKoreaImportsSubstitutionSouth Korea Author:Jairam Ramesh
“Absolutely delightful, at first for its unspoiled picture of late-nineteenth-century Japan as seen through the eyes of three remarkable but very different Americans, [the missionary William Elliot Griffis [1843-1928], the scientist Edward Sylvester Morse [1838-1925], and the writer Lafcadio Hearn], and then for the marvelous reconstruction of how Japan worked on their minds, radically changing their perceptions of the country and the whole relationship between East and West--between the barbarian and the civilized. The book is a tour de force.” MindFirstsBookDifferentCountryWholeEyeThreeForceCenturyLatePerceptionScientistWestEastJapanRemarkableCivilizedMissionaryMarvelousDelightfulNineteenth CenturyBarbariansReconstructionThrough The EyesEast And West Author:Edwin O. Reischauer
“I remember I went to Berlin right after the Wall came down. I first went to East Berlin, and all the buildings were old and falling down, and now when you go back to Berlin, you know you're in the East because all the buildings are brand new and very tall.” KnowsFirstsRememberFallBuildingWallDown AndEastBrandsTallFalling DownBerlinBrand NewEast Berlin Author:Moby