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Quote by Lewis Mumford
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplatio

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

Other quotes by Lewis Mumford

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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Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act. – Lewis Mumford

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

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car
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Other Quotes from
Beauty
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Its not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband. – Euripides

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Beauty

This is why cup finals are so special because on the day anyone can beat anyone. Thats what its all about and thats why for me the FA Cup and the Carling Cup are the best cups in the world. Thats the beauty of the cup. – Ian Rush

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Beauty

The flowers anew, returning seasons bring but beauty faded has no second spring. – Ambrose Philips

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Beauty

A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. Its below the radar. The beauty of it is that youre not supposed to always know. Its subterranean. – Billie Joe Armstrong

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Beauty

Random Quotes

Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us – a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead. – David Cameron

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Christmas

In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure – and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road. – Naveen Jain

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Attitude

My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they havent elected a new one. Theres no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I dont miss it. – Christopher Hitchens

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Time

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred. – Arthur Golden

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Jealousy