Lewis Mumford Quotes

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.

Lewis Mumford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: sociologist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 19, 1895 - January 26, 1990

Topics

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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

John D. Rockefeller

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Nadal is one of the great champions - a class act.

John McEnroe

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I'm in the process of trying to organize my DVDs into some kind of order and it's taking me weeks. I have everything from obscure 'Antonioni' to 'Terminator Salvation.'

Michael Weatherly

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I believe at the heart of any revolution for social justice and human dignity are consent and agency, the unequivocal belief that I own my body - not the state, not the church/mosque/temple, not the street and not the family.

Mona Eltahawy

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You cannot save wonderful towns. You can only save wonderful towns by building new ones.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Many writers today are wanderers. There is not only an unhousedness in language - how to convey, to say nothing of converge - but an unhousedness of place.

Joy Williams

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When I was growing up, Forest Park was full of integrated families. It was amazing. One my best friends was Vietnamese. Another one was half-Mexican, half-black. Another one was from Colombia. Another one was born in the U.S., but his mom was from Germany and spoke with a German accent. So we all had multiple identities.

Dinaw Mengestu

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I prefer leaving things to the market as much as possible.

Dorothy Denning

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Art, like science, progresses, and to me it's bizarre that a lot of acclaimed and popular and respectable books are not advancing the art form.

David Shields

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You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.

Bob Uecker

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Since I worked with Prince, people assumed that I was black.

Apollonia Kotero

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I enjoy dramatic narration, of course, because I'm an actor and I started as an actor. But I love things that are a challenge, and I look forward to more work with that in the future. So there's always a sun coming up the following day for me.

Peter Cullen

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