Lewis Mumford Quotes
Perhaps never before have the peoples of the world been so close to losing the very core of their humanity; for of what use are cosmic energies, if they are handled by disoriented and demoralized men?
Quotes to Explore
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.
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English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in Paris, and it's really a poetic language where you can really play with words.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
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My next book is Scene by Scene: as Seen by Fay Wray. It'll be about different incidents. Just my feelings about quite a few people. Attitudes. My thoughts about the universe and simple things like that.
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Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.
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We can all be geniuses because one definition of genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.
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Art, rightly applied, provided humanity with the symbols, insight, and vicarious experience necessary to help one person place him- or herself in the shoes of another, and by so doing come to appreciate the commonality of human experience.
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Perhaps never before have the peoples of the world been so close to losing the very core of their humanity; for of what use are cosmic energies, if they are handled by disoriented and demoralized men?
