Change Quote by Uzodinma Iweala Download Open image “Like all things, cities must change - even a city as enamoured of the past and memory as D.C.” — Uzodinma Iweala ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Change Change City Cities Change City City Enamoured Enamoured Past Memory Past Things Things Cities Time
I'm not one of these people who thinks everything in the past is great and everything modern is terrible. But I do think cities… — Marc Almond Copy Share Image
“How is it that people look at the same city and see such very different places? The answer lies in history, or, more accurately,… — Matthew Klingle Copy Share Image
All through organized history, if you wanted prosperity you had to have cities. Cities are places that attract new people with new ideas. — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Cities have the capability to at any moment shift out of the familiar, even if you've lived in one all your life.” — Kate Milford Copy Share Image
People in D.C. have a lot of other things going on. And when you win in this city, it's different. — Ryan Zimmerman Copy Share Image
“cities feel disjointed and complex—they can be read as layers recording change over time as traces,” — Wade Graham Copy Share Image
It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future. — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
It's a difficult task to deal with cities. But with some original ways of getting things done, with some basic commandments, you can really… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
“But ideal cities are very much the product of their own ages. Designed as complete urban statements, they bear the unmistakable imprint of their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lagos is a fascinatingly infuriating place that its residents love - and love to hate. Licence plates on cars here proudly display the state… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Around the world, our cities are not the idealised open, accessible, and cosmopolitan spaces of our dreams. More often than not, they are sectioned… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
We grew up going to church, and I believe in God. I don't know that I have the ability to define what or who… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I've had great writing teachers and mentors and great success with my first book. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I'm not a propaganda machine. I tell things how I see them. When I say, for example, that corruption is not the only thing… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
'Beasts of No Nation' began when I read an article about child soldiers in Sierra Leone during my final year of high school. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Reading 'Search Sweet Country' is like reading a dream, and indeed, at times, it feels like the magical landscapes of writers like the Nigerian… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
When somebody says that six million people died in the Holocaust, there is nobody in the world who can understand that. It's only through… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I think, all too often, this society has too monolithic a definition of what a black American is. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Right after undergrad, I started doing low-level work on health issues in sub-Saharan Africa, and what struck me was the disconnect between how people… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to” — Phil Hogan Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
When you walk down the street of Kabul your values for life changes, they do change. — Marco Pierre White Copy Share Image
Your world will change whether or not you choose to change, but you have the power to choose it's direction. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Stay focused on bringing people together and more on positive messaging so that you can be the change you wish to see in the… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image