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"America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there."
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"America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased."
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"Remember, this was a world that was still ethnically separated. I was thirteen and ignorant of the social situation in America, but I felt these records were better than what my own culture was turning out."
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"I was nuts about Elvis, like every girl in America."
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"I like going there for golf. America's one vast golf course these days."
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"The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children."
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"I think Australians do well here because we feel a bit naughty, like we're in America and if they only knew how much fun we were having, we'd all get thrown out, you know."
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"America is ready for intelligent talk. I am ready to bring some humanity to TV."
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"I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America."
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"We're shooting for the title of hardest-working band in America."
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"Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one."
Idea
"When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today."
America
"The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions."
Architecture
"We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment."
Work
"A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes."
Consequence
"I've never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building."
Being
"A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive."
Experience
"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."
Artist
"You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner."
Chicago
"Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time."
Time
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