"Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time."

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Source : "Building in Rome, no holiday / The eternal city wants to keep its architecture fixed in time, but the Ara Pacis marks a renaissance of modern era" by Zahid Sardar, www.sfgate.com. April 26, 2006.

Richard Meier

#Rome Quotes #Cities Quotes #Frozen Quotes

“He breathed once more, holding the air in his chest, as if it were not air but something more--a sweet taste of freedom, of all cares lifted, everything over and done.”
“Only a genius can play a fool.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is "no happiness without liberty, no liberty without self-government, no self-government without constitutionalism, no constitutionalism without morality--and none of these great goods without stability and order.”

Source : Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Clinton Rossiter (1961). “The federalist papers”, Signet
“I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples.”

Source : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. March 31, 2001.
“You are the effect of your story, that's all.”
“Dan would rather play golf than have sex any day.”
“Our expertise is preparing foods in tough environments. We have a kitchen where we grill and roast and make smelly stuff happen, and then bring it to the site and warm it in a way that makes it taste just-cooked.”
“We were blood brothers, pals forever. He was my very best friend. Nobody else could see him. I now know he was just pretend.”

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