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Frank Lloyd Wright - The reality of the building lies in the space within · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Welcome to The Daily Quote, a podcast designed to kick start
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  your day in a positive way. I'm your host Anna McGivern for
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  September 3rd, today's National Skyscraper Day, celebrating
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  those monolithic towers that Pierce the clouds and define our
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  city skylines. This holiday falls on September
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  3rd because it marks the birthday of the Louis H
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  Sullivan, American architect known as the Father of
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  skyscrapers, who was born in 1856.
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  Sullivan revolutionized architecture with his famous
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  principle that form follows function, helping to create the
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  first true skyscrapers in Chicago in the late 1800s.
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  These towering structures aren't just impressive feats of
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  engineering, they're symbols of human ambition, innovation, and
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  our eternal desire to reach higher.
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  Skyscrapers represent humanity's refusal to be limited by what
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  seems possible. When you look up at a
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  skyscraper, you're seeing thousands of decisions,
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  calculations, and designs made into reality and steel, glass,
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  and concrete. Which brings us to today's quote
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  from Frank Lloyd Wright, the legendary American architect who
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  said the reality of the building flies in the space within.
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  The first writes quote seems to contradict what we love about
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  skyscrapers. After all, we're usually
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  admiring them from the outside, marbling at their height and
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  exterior design. But Wright understood something
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  profound about architecture that applies to much more than
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  buildings. A skyscraper might be impressive
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  from street level, but it's true value lies in what happens
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  inside. The lives lived, the work
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  accomplished, the dreams pursued within those walls, the offices
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  where breakthrough innovations happen, the apartments where
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  families gather for dinner, and meeting rooms where important
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  decisions are made. This principle extends far
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  beyond architecture. Think about the people in your
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  life. The most impressive ones aren't
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  necessarily those with the flashiest exterior presentation.
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  The truly remarkable people are those with rich inner lives,
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  deep thoughts, genuine character and meaningful purpose.
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  I visited many apartments, townhomes and houses that didn't
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  look like much from the outside but inside beautiful and
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  functional living space. You can't judge a book by its
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  cover or a building by its exterior.
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  I think most people would rather live in an ugly ish building
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  with an amazing living space then an amazing exterior
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  building with a crappy interior space.
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  I know where I lie there. That's the wisdom both Wright
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  and Sullivan understood. Great architecture isn't about
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  reaching impressive heights, it's about creating meaningful
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  spaces where life can flourish. So today, as we celebrate
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  National Skyscraper Day, let's take Frank Lloyd right insight
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  to her. Whether you're building a career
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  or relationship, or just working on yourself, remember that the
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  true value lies not in how impressive you look from the
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  outside, but in the depth and ribness of what you're
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  cultivating within. Build yourself like a great
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  skyscraper with a strong foundation, thoughtful design,
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  and plenty of meaningful space inside for your dreams and
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  aspirations to grow. That's going to do it.
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  For today. I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off
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  for now, but I'll be back tomorrow.
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  Same pod time, same pod station with another daily quote.