Moshe Safdie Quotes

We live in a complicated, oppressive world with enormous cities and vast populations, and I try to contribute by making it more light and open and calm.

Moshe Safdie

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LiveLightWorldCalmComplicated

I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to see the compassion shown for those in need.

Jennifer Granholm

KindnessCompassionI AmGenerosity

I work with a bunch of producers on every album, but the difference for 'Evolver' was that I couldn't get any time with Kanye. I forget what he was doing at the time, but he was all over the place. We were never at the same city at the same time.

John Legend

WorkTimeCityDoingPlaceForget

You have to be the one setting your own goals, trying to achieve those goals.

Johnny Bench

GoalsTryingYouAchieveOwnYour

My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others.

Amy Purdy

MeInspireMotivationWillTry

Rupert Murdoch is in bed with Cameron. Of course they want to kill the BBC... anybody who is in the way.

Stellan Skarsgard

BedWantWayWhoCourseAnybody

Holding people presumed to be innocent in jail pre-trial simply because they cannot afford to pay their bail extracts huge human and financial costs.

Stan Van Gundy

PeopleFinancialInnocentJailHuman

I never want to record something that I'm not proud of just because I think it might be a big hit. There's no positive about that because if you record a song you hate and it's a big hit, then you're singing a song every night that you hate. And if you record a song that you hate and it isn't a hit, then you sold out for no reason.

Trisha Yearwood

PositiveHateSingingNightSong

The soul, cramped among the petty vexations of Earth, needs to keep its windows constantly open to the invigorating air of large and free ideas: and what thought is so grand as that of an ever-present God, in whom all that is vital in humanity breathes and grows?

Lucy Larcom

GodSoulIdeasFreeThoughtEarth

I grew up in New York City. I went to museums so much as a kid, and I guess I didn't realize how much it affected me.

Lisa Randall

New YorkCityMeNewMuseumsKid

The tragic thing about the Internet is that you can find out way too much, way too quickly.

Christopher McCulloch

InternetYouFindToo MuchWayOut

I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound.

William Lashner

HeroLawyerMatterSoundWriteHow

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

Thomas Paine

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