Richard Rogers Quotes

The Athenians had an oath for someone who was about to become a citizen. They had to swear that 'I shall leave the city not less but more beautiful than I found it.'

Richard Rogers

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BeautifulCitySomeoneCitizenMore

After 9/11, new security measures not only added longer lines and earlier check-ins, but took away our privilege of carrying knitting needles or our favorite moisturizer on board with us. Although we want to be safe when we fly, in some ways it all just adds to the misery of our experience.

Ann Hood

ExperienceFlySecurityNewWantUs

Even a song like 'Give Love,' in my head, there's a question as I'm writing it, going, 'Is this cheesy? Is it too on the nose to say 'give love?''

Andy Grammer

LoveWritingSongSayQuestionHead

Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions.

Jean Piaget

IndividualAbstractionActionsBased

There comes a point in your life when you realize your parents aren't perfect.

Mia Wasikowska

LifeParentsYouPerfectRealize

Larry Brown had quite a resume.

Stan Van Gundy

ResumeBrownQuiteHadLarry

I knew that I was going to have a life as a musician, because I always felt the pull. I don't remember ever having to make a choice.

Steve Vai

LifeRememberChoiceAlwaysGoing

Brands are facing a new competitive landscape in which self-definition, core values and purpose will increasingly define their ability to reach customers that only allow what is meaningful in their lives to pass through their filter.

Simon Mainwaring

PurposeReachLandscapeValuesNew

Chris Martin's a good friend of mine. I'm actually Apple's godfather. He's an old friend and we've been mates for quite a few years now.

Simon Pegg

GoodFriendAppleNowOldYears

What I've learned as we've gotten bigger is that it's really, really important for us to take all the opportunities to tell our story, because as we grow and have a bigger impact on cities, if we don't tell our story, somebody else will.

Travis Kalanick

StoryOpportunitiesImpactGrowWill

I have no companion but Love, no beginning, no end, no dawn. The Soul calls from within me: 'You, ignorant of the way of Love, set Me free.'

Rumi

LoveBeginningSoulMeFreeDawn

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

Diogenes

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We first started to rent old VFW halls in Philly or whatever; we rented kegs and did parties and played our own music. We had to find a way to do it because nobody else was helping us, and I think now it's important to keep those dialogues happening, those parties happening.

Diplo

MusicThinkFindNobodyImportant

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