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The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative

metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic image of the tower itself - leads to elevator cabs inlaid with exotic woods in fanciful patterns. The entire route from street to office is invested with ceremony, dignity, and delight.
Martin Filler

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
Victor Hugo

You know, we had that groove; I didn't feel no way.
Dennis Brown

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
Lamar S. Smith

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
John Adams

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
Mahatma Gandhi

You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.
Sam Rayburn

I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
Tanith Lee

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
Hermann Hesse

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