Carlo Ratti Quotes

Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population.

Carlo Ratti

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I just want real reactions. I want people to laugh from the gut, be sad from the gut - or get angry from the gut.

Andy Kaufman

SadAngryPeopleLaughWantReal

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

Metro Boomin

CoolThinkWhateverSomethingJust

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed.

Sidney Poitier

MorningWake UpBetter PersonBetter

If you're aware of a pattern, you can do something about it, and you can be aware of your own culpability. I like to think I can do that, but, like everyone else, I'm a work in progress.

Ruth Bradley

WorkProgressThinkYouI CanOwn

A certain kind of person in America loves to note that they're currently soldiering through the latest Pulitzer winner for history, in particular. It connotes a certain gravitas, a connectedness to the literary and intellectual scene that most upwardly mobile professionals in America still desire.

Michelle Dean

HistoryAmericaWinnerPersonDesire

We're trying to fix this with the plan we've been floating. Now, the law says the transition ends in 2006 or - and the 'or' is the only part that matters - 85 percent of Americans go buy a digital TV.

Michael K. Powell

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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has been clear that deporting young people who have lived in the U.S. for years and were brought here through no fault of their own as children should not be the targets of deportation.

Luis Gutierrez

ChildrenPeopleYoungYoung People

We live in times that are in many ways ambiguous. Maybe that's why kids want precision in what they read - they don't like that moral ambiguity.

Lois Lowry

LiveMoralWantWhyPrecisionKids

When I'm studying English I love to watch 'Friends' or 'Nikita.'

Liu Wen

LoveFriendsStudyingWatchEnglish

You are always drawing from your personal life and using your imagination to fill in the blanks.

Diego Klattenhoff

LifeImaginationDrawingYouAlways

We heard about people who went backstage at dog shows with scissors and cut parts of a poodle's hair off to sabotage the dog.

Christopher Guest

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For some reason, I have always been interested in the stories of people who are exiled and who are deprived of rights. My main motive to make a film is to keep the society in mind and the hospitality adhered.

Claire Denis

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