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I try firstly to make buildings humane.


Moshe Safdie

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TOBA BETA I know what I try to do. I try to be professional, turn up, not make too much fuss, do the job.
EDDIE MARSAN When they say that I am too old to make a thing, I try to make it immediately.
PABLO PICASSO I try to make everyone's day a little more surreal.
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LANCE SMITH I want to get that across; we try to make it personal,
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GAINES ADAMS I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.
BARRY BONDS I make lots of mistakes. I try hard not to make the same mistake more than three or four times.
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WILLIAM OLKOWSKI We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.
KURT VONNEGUT JR. We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane.
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