"As far as population size goes, big is no longer important, and it can even be a drawback. In fact, the future belongs more to second-tier cities. Any place can become a world-class center today by finding an area in which it outperforms others, by thinking for the long term, by expanding its competitive abilities and by operating globally."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Charles Landry

#Thinking Quotes #Class Quotes #Cities Quotes

“You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original.”
“Each of us is our own story, but none of us is only our own story. The arc of my own personal story is inexplicably and intrinsically linked to the story of my parents and the story of my neighbor and the story of the kid that I met one time. All of us are linked in ways that we don't always see. We are never simply ourselves.”

Source : Source: www.hbook.com
“Thereâ€™s only one thing worse than not satisfying a desire. And that is not to feel any desire.”
“Archery, fencing, spear fighting, all of the martial arts, tea ceremony, flower arranging...in all of these, correct breathing, correct balance, and correct stillness help to remake the individual. The basic aim is always the same: by tirelessly practicing a given skill, the student finally sheds the ego with its fears, worldly ambitions, and reliance on objective scrutiny - sheds it so completely that he becomes the instrument of a deeper power, from which mastery falls instinctively, without further effort on his part, like a ripe fruit.”
“What am I? Nothing. What would I be? Everything.”
“When I wrote a song, it would have to be from something I was really excited about, or a melody that's been haunting me for weeks, or a message I wanted to convey lyrically. So it would have to start from something I felt very strongly about.”

Source : "A chat with Brendon Urie, Brendon Urie interview, Panic! at the Disco, Vices and Virtues". Interview with David Medsker, www.bullz-eye.com. April 19, 2011.
“Do you know we are being led to Slaughters by placid admirals & that fat slow generals are getting Obscene on young blood Do you know we are ruled by t.v.”
“When you feel good about what youve written, there is just no high that is greater.”

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