"I hope for the experience of people standing together, turning their backs to the city and facing this, and hearing the leaves rustle. Well, maybe it won't be as bucolic as at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but I know you will feel removed from the city."

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Source : "Test Drive" by Paul Goldberger, www.newyorker.com. October 12, 2007.

Michael Arad

#Cities Quotes #People Quotes #Navy Quotes

“I've just always had a personal fascination with the myth of Abraham Lincoln. And once you start to read about him and the Civil War and everything leading up to the Civil War, you start to understand that the myth is created when we think we understand a character and we reduce him to a kind of cultural national stereotype.”
“I think the obstacles are the same as the opportunities, is the way we like to look at them.”

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 3, 2010.
“In our community, we have a duty to strengthen the weakest among us to build a better society.”

Source : Bill Courtney (2014). “Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love”, p.45, Weinstein Publishing
“Kids made fun of me because I was a slow learner, because I was hyperactive, because of a lot of things. Running gave me confidence.”
“I have never willingly chased a ball.”
“People get so used to the dark that they think it is growing brighter.”
“On tour I feel like it's always so go go...you're always just taking in and storing information and feelings and things. So for me I need time off to let all those things come out and settle.”

Source : Source: www.roomthirteen.com
“The immigrant's heart marches to the beat of two quite different drums, one from the old homeland and the other from the new. The immigrant has to bridge these two worlds, living comfortably in the new and bringing the best of his or her ancient identity and heritage to bear on life in an adopted homeland.”

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