Norman Foster Quotes

Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. It's also, of course, the place where every architect wants to build his tower.

Norman Foster

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PeoplePlaceBuildTowerPlanet

If I were to run for president, then people would debate the pros and cons of what's wrong with me in increasingly aggressive 140 character tweets and Facebook status updates, and, inevitably, everyone would end up fighting.

Jen Lancaster

CharacterPeopleMeEndFighting

Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.

Jennifer Armintrout

LifeAmericanSatireUpShowOur

True play is creativity.

John Lasseter

CreativityPlayTrue

I was five years old when I wrote my first song. It was out of longing for my father that I wrote it.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

FatherSongOldFirstYearsOut

If you love movies, then you love America.

Mathieu Amalric

LoveAmericaYouMoviesThen

You truly have to make the very best of what you've got. We all do.

Mary Tyler Moore

BestYouGotMakeVeryTruly

The first time I was in London, I went to an English greasy spoon to get some breakfast and realised that all the waiters were speaking Italian. That's when it hit me what an international city this is.

Monica Bellucci

TimeCityBreakfastMeLondonFirst

When you go out onto the stage, all the preparation has to be forced into your subconscious. For the moment of the performance, we all have to return to a new level of unconsciousness. All the reflection and all the doubts have to be laid aside before you start.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

MomentReflectionPreparationStart

We're all just a bunch of sinners, but we do the best we can.

Dolly Parton

BestJustSinnersBunch

In every interview I've got to explain something about being white but still being into hip hop. It's gone way beyond the musical aspect of the business. And I'm as critical about music as everybody else is.

Brian Austin Green

BusinessMusicWhiteWayBeyond

Pace judgement is everything in the hour record. If you can ride 16.1 or 16.2-second laps constantly for 221 laps, and not go 15.9s or 16.4s, it's keeping it on the line every lap, lap after lap.

Bradley Wiggins

RideYouGoEverythingLinePace

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

Anne Spencer

LifeAloneSimplePeopleBreakfast

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