#john cary

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Having walked around what was left of his estate, he told his wife, "My dear, I have taken stock of our assets. You pride yourself on your apple pies. We have an apple tree, and a cow. I will gather the apples and milk the cow, and you will make the pies and I will go around and sell them."

"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds

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Colonel John Cary, a staff officer during the war and before it principal of the prestigious Hampton Military Academy, returned home to find the school burnt and his family destitute.

"America, Empire of Liberty: A New History of the United States," revised and updated edition - David Reynolds

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For too long, design has been seen as a luxury, the province of the rich, not the poor, who often need it most. That can no longer be acceptable to those of us in the design field, nor to those affected by the field’s too often anemic moral imagination, which is to say, absolutely everybody.

John Cary

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Almost nothing influences the quality of our lives more than the design of our homes, our schools, our workplaces, and our public spaces.

john cary

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Dignity is a kid in rural China learning in a colorful classroom that makes him feel valued and piques his curiosity. Dignity is a public space in Atlanta where young and old, rich and poor alike mingle, celebrate, and play. Dignity is a cancer patient in a light-filled hospital ward in rural Rwanda with lots of natural airflow to support her healing.

John Cary

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I’ve been fascinated to witness how music, not monsters, has the capacity to scare our toddler. It organizes her experience on some deep, subconscious level — triggering her fight-or-flight response or filling her with a joyful impulse to dance.

John Cary 

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The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 534

The Ray Bradbury Challenge: Day 534

Short story: Scratch by Iain M. Banks, from The State of the Art.

Poem: AKRON by O. Mayeux, from Strange Horizons, February 2018. Highly Recommended.

Essay: How Architecture can Create Dignity for All by John Cary, listened to on the TEDTalks podcast, from February 2018. Recommended.

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“The main spur to trade, or rather to industry and ingenuity, is the exorbitant appetite of men, which they will take pain to gratify.” – John Cary