Lewis Mumford Quotes
The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.
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A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
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I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
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One of these days, I'd like to put together a revue of all my music, which would probably turn into a marathon. There's a couple of hit songs from almost every phase of my career. At the same time, visually, if you don't handle it properly, it could be a cacophony of craziness, because there's just so many different kinds of music.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.
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I just can't read music.
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The next time you see an outside day with a down close lower than the previous day, don't get scared, get ready to buy!
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Many of my staff have been with me for over 20 years. I have a great team, and I make sure they feel respected and appreciated.
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In order to change Washington, we're going to have to change the people that we send there.
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In my opinion, the motion picture is the greatest medium of expression ever invented. It embraces all the other arts. The films that have the greatest unity, the greatest overall strength, and give the most satisfaction to the viewer, have been those in which a guiding hand was imposed in every section of the film's many divisions.
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There's so much in American history that has been hidden and shunned.
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Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.
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The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
