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To implement a true urban renaissance, you first need a Grand Design elaborated by strong leadership . — Minoru Mori

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. — Sandra Day O'Connor

Well, fortunately I know what the best looks like now, she says as she links her arms around my neck. — Kyra Davis

I spent 20 years doing research on regular and irregular verbs, not because I'm an obsessive language lover but because it seemed to me that they tapped into a fundamental distinction in language processing, indeed in cognitive processing, between memory lookup and rule-driven computation. — Steven Pinker

There is in the soul a desire for not thinking.
For being still. Coupled with this
a desire to be strict, yes, and rigorous.
But the soul is also a smooth son of a bitch,
not always trustworthy. And I forgot that. — Raymond Carver

A lot of wonderful people love their country and hate the military. — William J. Clinton

A smile says more than the way you laugh
Petra Hermans — Petra Hermans

Feelings came alive in Vicki for which the earth and sea had never taught her names. — Helen Wells

Hirschi was convinced that people who were usefully busy didn't commit crimes. "The child playing ping-pong, swimming in the community pool, or doing his homework," he said, "is not committing delinquent acts." Hirschi didn't spend a whole lot of time looking at people who had good jobs and became criminals anyway, completely ignoring in this way a whole class of crime. White-collar crime by its very nature involves a high degree of self-control and planning. It's committed almost overwhelmingly by people who had enough self-mastery to make it through high school and college and hold down good jobs. — Matt Taibbi

I want to make great songs. — Billy Corgan