Manoj Bhargava

If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.

American Businessman

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

Once, after I had just worked out, I hopped on the elevator at the gym only to look up and see Conan O'Brien on it with me. I was so sad. I was all sweaty, but I love him so much, and I couldn't help but nerd out on him.

American Journalist

George A. Romero

I really liked the helicopter pilot in 'Dawn of the Dead', when he gets bitten and comes out of the elevator. That guy was amazing. He did this incredible walk that we didn't even know about until we started shooting.

American Director

Geena Davis

I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!

American Actress

Greta Garbo

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.

Swedish Actress

Kevin Spacey

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.

American Actor

Quinn Cook

You get on an elevator with someone, you say hi to them, you speak to them. You give respect. That's just how I've always been.

American Basketball Player

Daniel Snyder

I don't know Sally Jenkins. I've met her once. I wouldn't know her in an elevator.

Tommy Morrison

I couldn't fart in an elevator without people wanting to sue me.

American Athlete

Harvey Milk

American Politician

In the US, 'elevator' is common, while 'lift' is used in the UK.

Cultural Norms

Use 'elevator' to describe movement within buildings, not horizontal transport.

Spatial Language

Familiarize with common collocations such as 'elevator music' and 'elevator pitch'.

Common Pairings

'Elevator' in agriculture refers to equipment, not the building feature.

Agricultural Equipment

Know that agricultural elevators are often for specific items like grain or hay.

Specific Use

The aviation 'elevator' is part of an aircraft's control surfaces, not a lift.

Aircraft Parts

Aviation elevators control the pitch, making planes ascend or descend.

Control Movement

In aviation, 'elevator' is technical jargon and may not be understood outside this field.

Technical Vocabulary

 You're standing in the elevator, sitting in a cafe, and you look around, and everyone's on their phone. You're not texting or checking Facebook, but everyone else is, and maybe, like me, you've been in a situation where you've made eye contact, smiled and said hello,

How cohousing can make...

 Just to show what we're talking about. So a couple of key things that are important in having a 3D tunnel network. First of all, you have to be able to integrate the entrance and exit of the tunnel seamlessly into the fabric of the city. So by having an elevator,

Elon Musk: The future...

 while the heavy concrete core acts as a support beam, that also houses the building’s elevators and mechanical infrastructure. This design, called the buttressed core, allowed the entire structure to work as a single load-bearing unit,

How the world’s tallest...

 the comments under their breath. Some people refused to shake my hand. Some people moved to the other side of the sidewalk, moved to the other side of the elevator. I felt like they were moving to the other side of life.

How I help people...

 Confront someone with the fact that they are going to die and they will believe just about any story that tells them it isn't true and they can, instead, live forever, even if it means taking the existential elevator.

The 4 stories we tell...

 can be used to increase meaning engagement in life as well. So in conclusion, the eleventh reason for optimism, in addition to the space elevator, is that I think with technology, entertainment and design,

The new era of positive...

 Richard can answer that, because he made that decision. But some years ago I was on an elevator in Philadelphia, coming down. I was to address a conference at a hotel. And on that elevator a man said,

Billy Graham:...

 with the world is with our hands everything we push elevator binds with our fingers we open doors with our hands we push things out of our way with their hands everything in the physical world

Technology that protects...

 there are hidden laboratories where scientific breakthroughs are made. Beyond the unmarked doors, and on the floors the elevators won't take you to, you'd find windows into amazing worlds.

The hidden worlds within...

 get out we worked it out it's okay and so my question is if you have 30 seconds like an elevator pitch for space exploration the importance of it what it

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