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Hugh Newell Jacobsen
About the author
It is our art that has an opportunity to leave a footprint in the sand. They don't wrap fish in our work.
Hugh Newell Jacobsen,
#Work
#Art
#Opportunity
#Fish
The permanent power brokers of this city are the columnists.
Hugh Newell Jacobsen,
#Power
Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference.
Hugh Newell Jacobsen,
#World
#Television
#Washington
#Press
When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.
Hugh Newell Jacobsen,
#Reading
#Pride
#Aspirations