It's almost an industrial renaissance happening up there.

I have an irrational fear that I'm going to have a gruesome and untimely death because so many wonderful things are happening to me.

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history.

maybe those of the Renaissance.

I wanted to be a part of the downtown renaissance,

You've got a beautiful country with so many beautiful people and so many beautiful things happening and stuff like that lets it down. I feel sad for them.