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It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are.


Christopher Alexander


#ancient #anyone #beautiful #beautiful places #buildings

It's great that people are basically spending their two weeks of vacation to come out and be with us in some weird part of the world. And I think we owe it to them to take 'em to some cool places.


Jeff Ament


#come #cool #great #i #i think

I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.


Tadao Ando


#america #before #courage #cultural #frontier

I love running in Europe, man, running at places like Zurich and Crystal Palace where the crowd is so knowledgeable and appreciative.


Maurice Greene


#crowd #crystal #europe #i #i love

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.


Richard Bach


#chosen #events #go #how #learn

Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


#being #development #entertainment #inner-city #intellectual

When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.


Chinua Achebe


#battles #beginning #british #came #century

Everyone is aware that most of the built environment today lacks a natural order, an order which presents itself very strongly in places that were built centuries ago.


Christopher Alexander


#aware #built #centuries #environment #everyone

Once you understand this way, you will be able to make your room alive; you will be able to design a house together with your family; a garden for your children; places where you can work; beautiful terraces where you can sit and dream.


Christopher Alexander


#alive #beautiful #children #design #dream

The Catholic faith never changes. But the language and mode of manifesting this one faith can change according to peoples, times and places.


Francis Arinze


#catholic #catholic faith #change #changes #faith






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