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Quote by Lewis Mumford
Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact

Today, the degradation of the inner life is symbolized by the fact that the only place sacred from interruption is the private toilet. – 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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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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Having been blacklisted from working in television during the McCarthy era, I know the harm of government using private corporations to intrude into the lives of innocent Americans. When government uses the telephone companies to create massive databases of all our phone calls it has gone too far. – Studs Terkel

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Isnt privacy about keeping taboos in their place? – Kate Millet

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There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. – George Eliot

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Ive always been very zealous about not invading other peoples private spaces. – Peter Jennings

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