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When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it. Hugh Newell Jacobsen aspirationbuildcity Change image and share on social
Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference. Hugh Newell Jacobsen blackcatchcity Change image and share on social
It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work. Hugh Newell Jacobsen artfishfootprint Change image and share on social
I was a caddy once and I lost the golfer's clubs. Plus I don't know how to golf, so I was the worst caddy ever. Then I was a mortgage brokers assistant, so that was just carrying around a lot of files - pretty meaningless, mind-numbing work. Bryan Greenberg assistantbadbroker share on social
One of my lifelong hobbies has been to collect 'aptronyms' - the newspaper columnist Franklin P. Adams's term for people whose names were curiously appropriate to, or provided ironic comment on, their occupations. Timothy Noah adamaptronymscollect share on social
What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people. Robert Duvall albertabrightcity Change image and share on social