#city

Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#attractiveness #city #designed #his #increase

She quotes Robert Louis Stevenson about how young writers must read like predators. And she says that all of us, not just writers, must read like predators. For books are food, she said, for every single one of us. ↗

— Pete Hamill

#food

The fact is, many people do not know how treat themselves and are experts at putting themselves down. In fact, if most of us were in a relationship with ourselves, we would break up with us, given how badly we treat ourselves. ↗

— Ramani Durvasula

#love #relationships #attitude

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#motivation #priorities #simplicity #wisdom #inspirational

We blocked them inside the city. Their rear is blocked. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#city #inside #rear #their #them

In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#israel #mind #obstacle #peace #serious

The first presentation of my show was given in May, 1883, at Omaha, which I had then chosen as my home. From there we made our first summer tour, visiting practically every important city in the country. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#city #country #every #first #given

It can't hurt, publicity is publicity, controversy and all that, it's all good. ↗

— Keith David

#good #hurt #publicity

If I were mayor, I'd invite everyone to have free boat trips on the river and free balloon rides over the city. I'd let the elderly in residential homes wander free. ↗

— Jane Birkin

#boat #city #elderly #everyone #free

For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity; for electricity, you need some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools; for schools you need some money; for money, you need some industry. ↗

— Evan Davis

#electricity #first #industry #money #need