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Quote by Lewis Mumford
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A society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure, and to another all the burdens of work, dooms both classes to spiritual sterility. – Lewis Mumford

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However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson nothing is impossible. – 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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Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training. – Lewis Mumford

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Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. – Benjamin Franklin

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We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it. – Peter Drucker

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The game of life is not so much in holding a good hand as playing a poor hand well. – H.T. Leslie

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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones. – Lord Chesterfield

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You cant ignore politics, no matter how much youd like to. – Molly Ivins

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How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success. – William Ellery Channing

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I travel the world, and Im happy to say that America is still the great melting pot – maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean. – Philip Glass

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I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter. – Blaise Pascal

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