"I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world."

-- Tadao Ando

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“Americans pay up to 1,000 percent more to fill their prescriptions than consumers in other countries - that is an alarming statistic.”
“All that is required to become an optimist is to have the goal and to practice it. The more you rehearse optimistic thoughts, the more 'natural' and 'ingrained' they will become. With time they will be part of you, and you will have made yourself into an altogether different person.”

Source : Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.97, Penguin
“A competitive threat is not the same thing as an antitrust violationâ€¦ It is difficult to make out FairSearchâ€™s precise antitrust arguments. There are alternatives to ITAâ€™s software: both the GDSs but also upstarts such as the U.K.â€™s Everbread Ltd., which has relationships with 60 low-cost carriers, and Vayant Travel Technologies LLC of New York. It isnâ€™t clear, therefore, that competition would be reduced even if Googled didnâ€™t honor ITAâ€™s contracts with other travel companies.”
“I was very impressed with the street food of Singapore. I was very impressed with the dishes that they did.”
“I want people to be overwhelmed with light and color in a way they have never experienced.”
“Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?”
“Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.”
“There are three ways you can get along with a girl: one, shut up and listen to what she has to say; two, tell her you like what she's wearing; and three, treat her to really good food...If you do all that and still don't get the results you want, better give up.”

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