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Quote by Lewis Mumford
The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, ener

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

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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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Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends. – Lewis Mumford

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Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late! – Jane Siberry

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Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people. – John Quincy Adams

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Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Its easy to dislike the few senior women out there. What if women were half the positions in power? It would be harder to dislike all of them. – Sheryl Sandberg

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The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon shook our nation to the core. Americans were deeply frightened, sad, and angry, and they rallied around a President who, at the time, showed impressive certitude and calm. – Eliot Spitzer

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I really liked the helicopter pilot in Dawn of the Dead, when he gets bitten and comes out of the elevator. That guy was amazing. He did this incredible walk that we didnt even know about until we started shooting. – George A. Romero

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