Lewis Mumford Quotes
Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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Angels possess greater powers than do human beings.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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I love trying to forge a contract between creator and audience in which we are able to meet halfway, each injecting a part of our own experiences into a story that's being told.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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I did not lose this election, or had a bad result compared with what we might have got because of Islam.
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Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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Love is so unconditional; love liberates; love is the reason why I do what I do, and so I think it is the greatest gift we have.
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My mother was always supportive.
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I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!
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I would say issues around human rights - either you're going to take a hard stance, or you're not. You can't borrow money from China the way the U.S. has done and then turn around and say, 'But you've got a human-rights problem.' You can't be half pregnant.
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I'm not a quitter - never have been.
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I urge the Iraqi leadership for sake of its own people... to seize this opportunity and thereby begin to end the isolation and suffering of the Iraqi people.
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When you look at men's fashion magazines, you see a lot of well-groomed guys in suits, but very rarely do you see a lot of guys in drop-crotch and hoods with high-tops. It's coming, though, because guys in suits and short hair are beginning to look like they're from another time.
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It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.
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I learned the significance of my own insignificant life.
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Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet.
