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"When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it."
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"I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads . . . every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' never a God damn one of 'em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Ever'body wants a little piece of lan'. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land."

"Don't be afraid to wake up your dream... give it a hard nudge, a toss of cold water... make it leap, make it fly. Dreams won't come to life without action."

"Your dreams are so far outside of your comfort zone, you've convinced yourself you don't dream at all."

"A dream is always risky, for there is a price to pay."

"I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward."

"We must not listen to those who advise us 'being men to think human thoughts, and being mortal to think mortal thoughts' but must put on immortality as much as possible and strain every nerve to live according to that best part of us, which, being small in bulk, yet much more in its power and honour surpasses all else."

"Life is beautiful dream."

"Although my father had never been there, I came to believe I would someday see that city for him."

"My goal is to read as much as possible books, my dream is to meet the snow person, the storm person and to make something together. I will be the rain, Snowy will be the snow, Stormy will be the storm - it's not so complicated as far I see."
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"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."

"It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work."

"When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it."
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