![It's interesting, the worse things get in cities, the tougher that cities get, the more brutal the humor is. The tougher [things] people face, the darker the sense of humor gets and I find that incredibly optimistic.](/assets/img/quote-photos/its-interesting-the-worse-things-get-in-cities-the-tougher-that-cities-get-th.jpg)
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I think the press has been sucked in by the rhetoric of brinkmanship. I've been optimistic all along. Andrew Zimbalist
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Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power. William McDonough
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I'm so Optimistic I'll take my last 2 dollars and buy a Money Belt. Zig Ziglar
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I'm trying to be optimistic but it's hard. Norma Martinez
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I'm cautiously optimistic that it will work out well for the industry.
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I really, really want to. I plan on it. I'm optimistic about it. Andre Agassi
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I'm probably the most optimistic person in the country, ... The only way for me to go is up.
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Having this service to Salt Lake City will open a new world of visitor and meeting markets for us, not only in Utah but for all the connecting cities Delta serves. In the past we focused largely north and south for visitors. Now we can look to the east. John Cooper
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Gun violence is on the rise in many of our cities today, and illegal gun trafficking from neighboring states is a big part of the problem. We need a coordinated effort to ensure partnership and cooperation with prosecution, community programs and crime prevention. We need leadership from the federal, state and local levels, as well as help from our neighboring states. Deval Patrick
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It is so important that we have an opportunity to rebuild the cities with small businesses, with those transitional jobs for people who can come out of a corrections facility and get a job. Maureen Forrester
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Toting around a full orchestra on tour is very ambitious. I would consider doing a show now and then, like do a show at Radio City or Carnegie Hall with a full orchestra Vanessa Carlton
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[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination of architectural conceit and official bad taste. the Cathedral of Asphalt. Robert Moses
cities suffering together
In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues. . . No one is going to hold up a cigarette lighter in a stadium to the tune of "mourn together, suffer together." City on a hill, though -- that has a backbeat we can dance to. And that's why the citizens of the United States not only elected and reelected Ronald Reagan; that's why we ARE Ronald Reagan. Sarah Vowell
cities space people
People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each other a lot more Sara Paretsky
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In Koln, a town of monks and bones, And pavement fang'd with murderous stones, And rags and hags, and hideous wenches, I counted two-and-seventy stenches, All well defined, and several stinks! Ye nymphs that reign o'er sewers and sinks, The River Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne; But tell me, nymphs! what power divine Shall henceforth whash the river Rhine. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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The City that knows how. William Howard Taft
interesting people roles
One of the interesting things is, the most gifted people, the biggest people, have no problem taking small roles. Woody Allen
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You have to continuously fail. You fail at something, then you get over it, then you fail some more. And after you fail, there's always something new there. And that something new can be really interesting. William Shatner
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After every movie, I always kick myself for the same things-didn't do enough, not enough variation, not enough interesting choices, too bland. Robin Wright
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To be interesting, one has to provoke. Salvador Dali
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Everyone is interesting except the narrator in a first-person story. William Kennedy
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If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting. Sandra Cisneros
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The process of making music is more interesting to me than the end result. If I was a cook, I'd be more interested in cooking food than eating food. Ryan Adams
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Hanson? Yeah, I've heard of them, I saw them perform and they have an interesting sound. I wish them every success. Jonathan Taylor Thomas
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Isn't it possible that I'm not feigning interest? That I really do want to know more about you?" "You've never been interested in me before." "You've never been interesting before." -Cassandra and Paige Kelley Armstrong