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"They didn't sell, people just weren't used to the idea of living in apartments."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

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"The government only makes restrictive rules, they don't show you what to do so you know, OK, here's where we need this many apartments, with open space, playgrounds, kindergartens."

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"From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber."
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