"Great cities are not static, they constantly change and take the world along with them."

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Source : Edward Glaeser (2011). “Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier”, p.136, Pan Macmillan

Edward Glaeser

#Cities Quotes #World Quotes #Static Quotes

“The surroundings householders crave are glorified autobiographies.”
“Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family.”
“A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal.”
“Spoiled. That's all it's about - can't live without this, can't live without that. You can live without anything you weren't born with, and you can make it through on even half of that.”

Source : Gloria Naylor (2017). “Mama Day: A Novel”, p.184, Open Road Media
“I held my crotch, closed my eyes and repeated my secret catechism.”
“This year I've just been aggressive. I still have that mindset of passing the ball, and being aggressive and attacking to the basket is going to draw more attention, and that way I can find my teammates. Being in attack mode is something I try to bring into every single game, and that's what's making me be so successful.”
“Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.”

Source : Sloan Wilson (1976). “What shall we wear to this party?: The man in the gray flannel suit twenty years before & after”, Arbor House Publishing
“If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.”

Source : "Adam Devine on How to Throw a House Party". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. October 24, 2013.

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