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Every time you think of a city, you have to think green, green, green. Every time you see concrete jungle, you must… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
Even after municipal recreation centers were fully desegregated in the 1960s, rather than welcome Black swimmers to those facilities, officials in many… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems - but… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
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When the sun shouts and people abound One thinks there were the ages of stone and the age of bronze And the… — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
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Some people speak and sing and walk and sit and sleep and silence their homesickness, for a long time, and to no… — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
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Peace is brittle and a big burden on our shoulders so we need ... concrete help from the European Union and the… — Edi Rama Copy Share Image
There's a joy and a pain about directing where the dreams you have are becoming concrete but the attention to detail, the… — William Shatner Copy Share Image
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The word "people" is unpleasant to me. The phrase "Soviet people" was drummed into us from childhood on. I love concrete people,… — Vladimir Sorokin Copy Share Image
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