Will Rogers
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogerswas an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator, and stage and motion picture actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 November 1879
CountryUnited States of America
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Now there's a choice between an on-time budget or a court's directive to fix the New York City schools. That's an extremely politically difficult decision to make.
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We need to make sure to take continued steps to make sure that we keep our economy strong. Doing that helps us keep taxes low and helps us spend what we do on our public schools.
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When they took Roy, they told me about him, ... When they took Mike, they (didn't) say (anything) to me. I didn't know what to think. I put it like this: 'It's like 50-50 with me. They don't know if they can count on me or not.' So it was a good business move. You can't knock the hustle.
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The planning phase is done. It's time to start designing it,
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There are two command centers set up down there, ... Maybe three weeks down the road we may go in to relieve those there now.
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We're continuing to pursue the prospects of zero upfront and all upfront pricing.
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We're just fed up and want our voice to be heard by city council and the company. We're willing to settle in a fair and equal manner. But right now our biggest concern is the city officials, and we want to see some accountability.
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Clearly, private developers can have different aims, and architects can only play a certain role. You can have some pretty big battles on public commissions, too. The key is to have a good client.
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So I think that, yes, anything that makes it more palatable and easier to understand, such as a Virtual Centre, has to be seen as a primary activity within the educational and information global state.
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Suburban sprawl leads to social atomisation and fragmentation and is environmentally disastrous, as carbon-intensive car journeys displace local shops and replace public transport.
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You know, the environment is fragmenting, and the environment is, in many places, absolutely hideous!
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When I started out, nearly every architect I knew was working in public practice; that's where the radical thinking was done. But, there's always a danger of looking back as our fathers did and saying, 'Things were better then.'
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I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there.
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One of the things you see in New York is that offices keep their lights on at night. They're proud of their building. Great. But they must find another way to be proud without draining energy.