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Our success will not come from the acts of our forefathers, but can come alone from what we are doing now. Those who have inherited rich blood can use that richness in building greatness in themselves, but those who have not the privilege of such inheritance need not be discouraged. They can create their own rich blood and make it as rich as they like. -- Christian D. Larson
What the Internet is great at is building networks. -- Evan Williams
One great building does not make a great city. -- Thomas Heatherwick
I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses. -- Tamara Mellon
I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time. -- Sally Kellerman
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use. -- Freeman Dyson
We're building a great company, and we're very excited about the future of the company. -- Jim Barksdale
I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies. -- Ryne Sandberg
Focusing on the long term and building a great product that is scalable ultimately leads to a great company. -- Craig Sherman
Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart. -- Arthur Erickson
It has become impossible to give up the enterprise of disarmament without abandoning the whole great adventure of building up a collective peace system. -- Arthur Henderson
I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making them more efficient. -- Michael Lee-Chin
A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. -- Louis Kahn
I guess I can't be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would be pretty boring. -- Philip Johnson
I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and great actors and just building on that experience. -- Christopher Egan
After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings. -- Harry Seidler
I don't usually go in for reviews of buildings that aren't yet built, since you can tell only so much from drawings and plans, and, besides, has there ever been a building that didn't look great as a model? -- Paul Goldberger
Kolkata is a great city, has great food and great people. We had some problems finding the kind of old buildings we were looking for, and even handling the crowds, but on the whole it was fun shooting there. -- Sanjay Dutt
Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture. -- Tadao Ando
I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself. -- Ice Cube
It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are. -- Christopher Alexander
It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it. -- Frank Lloyd Wright
Small unexpected acts of kindness are the building blocks of greatness. Start your day with a smile and see where it takes you ... -- Edwin Lionel Flynn

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