Lewis Mumford Quotes
War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.
Lewis Mumford
Quotes to Explore
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
Malorie Blackman
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The thing is, if I try to talk about acting, I come off as moaning. But I'm privileged. I think it's all about control. Acting is vulnerable because you're not in control of anything. You have to give up a lot of your trust; it's up to somebody else what they do with what you've given them.
Paddy Considine
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As a younger actor, I had delusions. I would dream of Scorsese and De Niro; I would meet people, and it would be like this, and it would change moviemaking in France, and Paris would become the center of the world.
Vincent Cassel
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
Eddie Van Halen
Van Halen
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
Larry Hagman
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Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men.
Lael Brainard
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It is so difficult in the world for people to find love, true love.
LaToya Jackson
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I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'
Nadia Comaneci
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Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.
Yoko Ono
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
Parker Posey
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
Nawal El Saadawi
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National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.
Park Geun-hye
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People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
Madonna
Breakfast Club
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Obama's presidency hasn't been dedicated to achieving economic growth in the short term, or about creating jobs.
John Podhoretz
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Sometimes, if I really just need to unwind and kind of watch something that isn't gonna stress me out or have drama in it, I watch 'Spongebob.'
Kelsea Ballerini
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Thou'rt slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell; And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well And better than thy stroke.
John Donne
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War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.
Lewis Mumford
