A Quote by Tony Hsieh

Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.

Tony Hsieh

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Cities Communities Inspire Other Reinvent Themselves

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Tony Hsieh
American - Businessman
December 12, 1973 - November 27, 2020

Cities need to reinvent themselves in order to stay alive.

Alexandra C. Pelosi

It takes courage to reinvent joys, to reinvent opportunities, to reinvent dreams, to reinvent connections, to reinvent hopes that you have set aside.

Mary Anne Radmacher

Most performers reinvent themselves. Madonna, Michael Jackson, P. Diddy. They reinvent themselves into different kinds of images. Elvis Presley was always himself, an original, and he never tried to be anything but that.

Pat Boone

Part of the power of having startup communities is it continues to challenge the status quo. So for many of these cities that were once very important and powerful that today are struggling, startup communities are a way for them to rejuvenate themselves.

Brad Feld

My purpose is to create circumstances, environments, businesses and communities where I am fully expressing my creative gifts with the intention to inspire other people to feel like they belong - first to themselves and then to a group that shares their common interest.

Mastin Kipp

It's very important for cities all around the world to reinvent themselves, and Glasgow is a good example of that. The Scots are very nice. I don't think they are burdened by their history.

Zaha Hadid

The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them.

Iman

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming more and more scarce for American cities. Political and civic leaders in local communities need to make a compelling case for this investment.

Mick Cornett

While the national highway system connects cities and facilitates economic activity across the nation, it's construction historically has been deeply destructive for many communities, particularly low-income communities and communities of color.

Alex Padilla

I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality.

Helena Bonham Carter

One of the great crimes of the Bloomberg/Klein administration [in New York City] is that they've removed themselves from communities, as if communities have nothing to say about what their needs and aspirations are for themselves and for their children.

Bill Ayers

When we deal with cities we are dealing with life at its most complex and intense. Planners are guided by principles derived from the behaviour and appearance of suburbs, tuberculosis sanatoria, fairs and imaginary dream cities - from anything but cities themselves.

Jane Jacobs

It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future.

Zaha Hadid

The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them.