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Asian cities
“Asia has very rambunctious cities, and what I like about Asian cities is they have an organic street life, a low regulatory, organic street life.”
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01 / belief
Someone asked me about the best food, and I think if you measure the best food by the median food, I actually think Japan is still higher than Korea that way.
“Someone asked me about the best food, and I think if you measure the best food by the median food, I actually think Japan is still higher than Korea that way.”
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02 / belief
To me, if I had one hack to people for traveling, what I would say is, when you get home and look at what you brought and see how much you didn’t use, you’ll find that you didn’t use a third of what you brought.
“To me, if I had one hack to people for traveling, what I would say is, when you get home and look at what you brought and see how much you didn’t use, you’ll find that you didn’t use a third of what you brought.”
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03 / belief
I think in Latin America, that would be interesting. I don’t want to go to South Africa either.
“I think in Latin America, that would be interesting. I don’t want to go to South Africa either.”
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04 / belief
I had two pieces down before I realized what it was, and I’m like, “Okay, if I’m going to die, I’m going to die.
“I had two pieces down before I realized what it was, and I’m like, “Okay, if I’m going to die, I’m going to die.”
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05 / belief
I was in an outdoor bar right next to a memorial to a Christmas day bombing we did in, I think, whenever.
“I was in an outdoor bar right next to a memorial to a Christmas day bombing we did in, I think, whenever.”
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06 / belief
I think Latin America and Africa are some of the few places where there are real problems, and you do have to have a little bit of common sense.
“I think Latin America and Africa are some of the few places where there are real problems, and you do have to have a little bit of common sense.”
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07 / belief
I spent so much time there during my banking career. I think Peru, Lima, is quietly some of the best food in the world.
“I spent so much time there during my banking career. I think Peru, Lima, is quietly some of the best food in the world.”
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08 / belief
The optimism. It’s the American dream, and so I think the American dream is very much alive in the working-class Mexican American community, and you see that in El Paso.
“The optimism. It’s the American dream, and so I think the American dream is very much alive in the working-class Mexican American community, and you see that in El Paso.”
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09 / belief
I actually put together a metric on walkability. I had, I think, eight categories.
“I actually put together a metric on walkability. I had, I think, eight categories.”
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10 / belief
I think you have a reputation of being something of a libertarian kind of materialist.
“I think you have a reputation of being something of a libertarian kind of materialist.”
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11 / belief
I think the interesting thing about Georgetown is they have the oil, so you have the economics side.
“I think the interesting thing about Georgetown is they have the oil, so you have the economics side.”
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12 / belief
I’m not a relativist. I think there are some cultures that are just better than others.
“I’m not a relativist. I think there are some cultures that are just better than others.”
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13 / belief
I agree with that. That’s my whole strategy in many ways. Although it spectacularly failed with Phoenix.
“I agree with that. That’s my whole strategy in many ways. Although it spectacularly failed with Phoenix.”
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14 / belief
I find it really fascinating that these two creatures, one of which is probably 40 years old, will live underneath the ice — my pond’s frozen right now — will be underneath the ice for six, seven months, and then they know when to come and where to come to get hot dogs [laughs] at the same time every year, which I think is a pretty amazing instinctive skill.
“I find it really fascinating that these two creatures, one of which is probably 40 years old, will live underneath the ice — my pond’s frozen right now — will be underneath the ice for six, seven months, and then they know when to come and where to come to get hot dogs [laughs] at the same time every year, which I think is a pretty amazing instinctive skill.”
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15 / belief
I’m glad people wrote books in the past, but I think in many cases, a weekly essay or biweekly essay, at least for me, is a perfect way to communicate.
“I’m glad people wrote books in the past, but I think in many cases, a weekly essay or biweekly essay, at least for me, is a perfect way to communicate.”
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16 / belief
In that sense, I think what academics do, or what elites do, what politicians do is immensely important and shapes how societies are built and how they evolve.
“In that sense, I think what academics do, or what elites do, what politicians do is immensely important and shapes how societies are built and how they evolve.”
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