"By any reasonable standard, Riverside Drive would be considered the best street in New York. Where else, after all, are there such views-not of a narrow river, as there is across town, but of one of the noblest rivers in the United States."

-- Paul Goldberger

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“Nothing commends a radical change to an Englishman more than the belief that it is really conservative.”
“That depends. Youâ€™ve got to define â€˜party girl.â€™ If you mean Iâ€™m a walking good time, then hells yeah. But Iâ€™m not wasted and stumbling out of clubs and getting DUIs. Iâ€™m not that kind of party girl. I may be blonde and fun as balls, but Iâ€™m not a moron.”
“It's odd that men feel they must protect women, since for the most part they must be protected from men.”
“You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.”
“The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there ; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand fight if one really means to conquer.”
“Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other then we shall have no more wars. We shall be all alike - brothers of one father and mother, with one sky above us and one country around us and one government for all. Then the Great Spirit Chief who rules above will smile upon this land and send rain to wash out the bloody spots made by brothers' hands upon the face of the earth. For this time the Indian race is waiting and praying. I hope no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.”
“The past is discredited because it is not modern. Not to be modern is the great sin. So, perhaps, it is. But every one has, in his day, been modern. And surely even modernity is a poor thing beside immortality. Since we must all die, is it not perhaps better to be a dead lion than a living dog?”
“When you know what's most important to you, making a decision is quite simple. Most people, though, are unclear about what's most important in their lives, and thus decision making becomes a form of internal torture.”

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