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I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#convinced #decoration #design #having #how

I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative ways. We kind of forget all the beautiful things that they contribute to make this country a country. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#beautiful things #contribute #country #forget #i

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. ↗

— Al Gore

#creating #during #i #initiative #internet

I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#bedding #book #district #end #i

I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#bite #giving #hosts #i #interested

It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#bad #bad taste #buildings #color #community

So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#execute #feel #form #great #great reward

We worked out a lot of bugs and figured out who was working and who wasn't and how this beast functions. It was a lot bigger than we actually thought, and now we have a well-run ship where it feels I can actually have time to imagine and not just stress out about everything. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#actually #beast #bigger #bugs #everything

You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room or a barn. It's only home when he's there. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#barn #go #home #hotel #hotel room

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter. ↗

— Nadine Gordimer

#between #charter #continuing #convenience #definition