"Some remain great cities, but they shouldn't stand still. They should move in the direction of a knowledge-oriented society. Most cities have to do something to draw attention to themselves and make their particular assets visible on the international radar. I'm not talking about developing countries, but about the United States and Europe."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Charles Landry

#Country Quotes #Moving Quotes #Talking Quotes

“Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.”
“People support CPF cuts because there are no protest outside parliament.”

Source : "How Many Ministers Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?". "The People's Authoritarian Party" with Lee Hsien Loong and Denise Phua, www.theonlinecitizen.com. October 1, 2001.
“When people all wear the same thing, people notice. They aren't stupid. People don't go, "Oh, you can see right through them!"”
“You know it's very difficult to be an actor, and to have people depending on you to say the right line, at the right time, and to not be able to hear your cues! I can't tell you how many times I would've had to have said What? if I didn't have my hearing aids. So my hearing aids are a life saver, and they allow me to practice my craft.”
“The best place to begin is always with gratitude.”
“I've worked for four presidents, and I've concluded that almost nothing is inevitable. History is to a significant extent the result of the interaction of personalities and ideas. And so I don't believe war between the U.S. and China is in any way inevitable, and it's well within the province of diplomacy and statecraft to avoid it.”

Source : "Trump's No Isolationist. Is That a Good Thing?". Interview With Tobin Harshaw, www.bloomberg.com. January 13, 2018.
“Osbert was the only one who didn't seem suspicious. He was so interested in the Decline of Western Civilization that he missed the version of it taking place under his nose.”

Source : Meg Rosoff (2005). “How I Live Now”, p.43, Penguin UK
“I just don't think the Bob Costas, Joe Buck - I don't think that the people that rise to the highest - Jim Nantz, Mike Tirico - need a schtick. I just think Brent Musburger is really good.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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