"A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive."

-- Helmut Jahn

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“New Yorkers have this special spot in Central Park, where they do this 5K run, the minute the clock strikes twelve. I ran once, and I'll never do that again, either. But, it's awesome to watch those people run. It's such a great environment and place to be.”
“I don't believe in one ideal beauty.”
“It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.”
“Any fighter didn't like Muhammad Ali should have his head examined.”
“Shut out from the world with its blare and glare, life in an institution moves softly. The ears become attuned to gentle notes and a subdued tone.”
“...a distinction must be made between true and false ideas, and that too much rein must not be given to a man's imagination under pretext of its being a clear and distinct intellection.”
“By mid-morning a rain as fine as silk spills was weaving over the lake.”

Source : Martha Ostenso (1937). “The Stone Field”, New York, Dodd
“Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise.”

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