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When a big office tower is built in Osaka's city centre, new tenants move in from the same area, not from outside Osaka. – Yasutaka Inoue	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The father of the tower was Eiffel—but the idea and the math were me. – Maurice Koechlin	added by anonymous 9 years ago
A tower of strength....his name cowed whole provinces while he was yet scores of miles away'. – George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Anastasia was madly jealous of me because I was taller than she was. As the daughter of the Emperor she thought she ought to tower over everyone. – Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia	added by anonymous 10 years ago
As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly. – Akhenaten	added by anonymous 10 years ago
A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower. – Rudyard Kipling	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Vigny, more secretAs if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon.N.B. Vigny refers to Comte de Vigny, who locked himself in an ivory tower to work without the influences of man and desire. – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beauve	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut. – Johann von Goethe	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth. – Lao Tzu	added by anonymous 14 years ago

When a big office tower is built in Osaka's city centre, new tenants move in from the same area, not from outside Osaka.

– Yasutaka Inoue

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The father of the tower was Eiffel—but the idea and the math were me.

– Maurice Koechlin

added by anonymous
9 years ago

A tower of strength....his name cowed whole provinces while he was yet scores of miles away'.

– George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Anastasia was madly jealous of me because I was taller than she was. As the daughter of the Emperor she thought she ought to tower over everyone.

– Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia

added by anonymous
10 years ago

As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.

– Akhenaten

added by anonymous
10 years ago

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

– Rudyard Kipling

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Vigny, more secretAs if in his tower of ivory, retired before noon.N.B. Vigny refers to Comte de Vigny, who locked himself in an ivory tower to work without the influences of man and desire.

– Charles Augustin Sainte-Beauve

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.

– Johann von Goethe

added by anonymous
14 years ago

A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.

– Lao Tzu

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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