Peter Maurer Quotes

Cities tend to be representations of societies: diversity and inequality find their extremes in urban settings. Yet, when war is added onto pre-existing inequalities, high levels of poverty, or even disaster, urban fragility increases exponentially, making it harder to absorb the shocks of warfare.

Peter Maurer

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DiversityWarPovertyFindHigh

Any attempt to dilute my support for Sen. Obama will not succeed.

Jesse Jackson

SupportSucceedWillAttemptAny

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

Maya Angelou

ExperienceI AmSpeakBlackTalking

U2 - that's a band that never should have existed. There's no life experience in any of their songs.

John Lydon

LifeExperienceNeverBandSongsU2

My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finish a book and want to immediately find another by the same author and no other, that author is elevated to my favorite.

Amy Tan

TimeBookPresentFindPlaceMood

Most Americans may not realize that the news they consume is driven in part by the media mantra, 'if it bleeds, it leads.'

John Prendergast

MediaNewsRealizeMantraMayMost

I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.

Alvar Aalto

CityYouHouseBuildPersonalOpera

Opening Ceremony is my number one favorite place to shop here. It's the only place I'll shop in New York with my son. All of the sales people are so cool; the music is great; it's just like a big fun house, so he stays entertained.

Solange Knowles

MusicSonGreatFunNew YorkPeople

If you can get your life down to one minute at a time, you don't miss anything. You have total abundance of information and material.

Tracy Morgan

LifeTimeYouInformationDownMiss

Science is a part of culture. Indeed, it is the only truly global culture because protons and proteins are the same all over the world, and it's the one culture we can all share.

Martin Rees

ScienceCultureWorldSameOver

The attacks of September 11 persuaded many Americans that what might seem to be obscure or distant potential threats can very quickly materialize and it therefore makes sense to attend to them even before they become urgent.

Michael Mandelbaum

PotentialBecomeObscureSeptember

One of the good things about the public Human Genome Project is that the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health spent a part of their budget on the ethical, legal, and social implications of their research.

Juan Enriquez

GoodHealthResearchGood Things

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

Allen Klein

HumorPerspectiveLongWayLittle

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