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Norman Foster Quotes

Joseph Bazalgette created a sewer system which he originally sized for London's needs of the time - he then doubled it to anticipate the future beyond. These are the qualities that I admire.

Norman Foster

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: architect
Nationality: british
Birth: June 1, 1935

Topics

Future Time Admire London Beyond He

My brother and I have never been that close. We have different mothers and never lived in the same house. As kids, my sister, Samantha, and I lived in San Diego and Brad in Brooklyn. The only time I saw him was in the summer when our visitations with our father overlapped.

Jenny Mollen

Father Time Brother Sister Brooklyn

I don't really go out that much, if I'm honest. I'm quite a recluse. If I had my way, I'd probably be at home most of the time with a book and a cup of tea or glass of wine.

Amber Le Bon

Home Time Tea Book Wine Go

Shooting clay targets is a very cleansing experience. It's very relaxing. It takes a lot of concentration. It's also very social, since you're usually shooting with friends. You can talk and forget about almost anything else that's on your mind.

Tom Selleck

Experience Mind Friends You Forget

I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.

Roy Lichtenstein

Tree Interesting Picnic Matter Signs

I try not to be cruel to people. I know there's a karma, and I'm constantly thinking of my blessings. I live and die by being a Baptist. If I can't go to church on a Sunday, I'll get a tape by the Clark Sisters and slide it in for the day.

Missy Elliott

Live Day People Thinking Church Die

Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.

Jules Verne

Law Civilization Never Necessity

To me, the real genius in making television for kids is making something that inadvertently - or perhaps intentionally - becomes something that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

Janet Varney

People Me Genius Television Real

God, I miss TLC.

Jonathan Van Ness

God Miss TLC

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

Douglas Coupland

Conflict Ten Commandments Ten Seven

Luckily for me, snowboarding doesn't really feel like work unless I'm actually doing stuff that's, like, work-ish, but when I'm just snowboarding, I'm having so much fun.

Chloe Kim

Work Fun Me Feel Doing Snowboarding

The first thing I heard was spiritual music, which was imbedded. The second thing I heard was swing. And shortly, along with that, I began to hear the blues. And then I began to hear Latin music. Each one left its mark.

Chuck Berry

Music Spiritual Blues Swing First

A lot of the drawbacks, a lot of the difficulties that Uber has had, have been completely predictable, and they handled them poorly, so by their own standards they made a lot of mistakes, and I think that they would admit that.

Brad Stone

Mistakes Think Admit Difficulties