Lewis Mumford Quotes
The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity.
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.
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But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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If you're lucky, I think you know what you want to do with your life. I think that's a greater gift that any of the gifts you might have when you do know, if you know what I mean. It must be awful to not know what to do.
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Business today consists in persuading crowds.
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I would make a few jabs at myself and go for the audience - they are still as flawed as ever.
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Enthusiasm is the greatest asset you can possess, for it can take you further than money, power or influence.
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I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.
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It's all too easy to forget that cultural fit is a two-way street. Yes, the candidate needs to gel well with your company's vibe and mission. But, you also need to fit in with her desires, goals, and long-term career vision. It's not a one-sided relationship.
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The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity.
