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We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi security forces, and… — Sherrod Brown
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings… — Sitting Bull
I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want… — Sandra Bullock
When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to… — Julie Burchill
Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies. — Madeleine Albright
Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch… — Julie Burchill
Family and friends and faith are the most important things in your life and you should be building friendships. — Barbara Bush
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot… — George W. Bush
I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us… — George W. Bush
The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be… — George W. Bush
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… — Christopher Alexander
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? — David Byrne
Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other. — Herb Caen
I don't have more money. I won't have more money than any of the candidates, even the Republican candidates. We know that already. But we… — Herman Cain
To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of… — Christopher Alexander
The more living patterns there are in a place - a room, a building, or a town - the more it comes to life as… — Christopher Alexander
There is one timeless way of building. It is a thousand years old, and the same today as it has ever been. The great traditional… — Christopher Alexander
From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature will form themselves within your thoughts, as easily as sentences. — Christopher Alexander
I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have… — Steve Carell
I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away. — George Carlin

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