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Quote by Lewis Mumford
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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. – Lewis Mumford

Other quotes by Lewis Mumford

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day and a succession of such days is fatal to human life. – Lewis Mumford

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Beauty
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Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities. – Lewis Mumford

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Driving
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Other Quotes from
power
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No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself. – Allen Klein

Category:
power

Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have. – Andrew Young

Category:
power

The greatest power is not money power, but political power. – Walter Annenberg

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power

The earth is supported by the power of truth it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow indeed all things rest upon truth. – Chanakya

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power

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