Lewis Mumford Quotes

In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer.

Lewis Mumford

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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To be honest I never thought the acting thing would get off the ground.

Jill Hennessy

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When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino!

Meagan Good

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I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.

Steve Cropper

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When you train as hard as we do, bad things happen sometimes. It's just part of the sport.

Stipe Miocic

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The government of India is consistently very advanced. When the world was hesitant on UNIX, we were the first to move in; the RBI said that all banks will implement on UNIX. It worked!

Shiv Nadar

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The body has a mind of its own.

Mason Cooley

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It doesn't cost money to let people keep more of their own money. It costs money to spend money you don't have, but that's another issue.

Mick Mulvaney

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We are really the conveyors of truth in a very critical time and people need to know that truth.

Judd Rose

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I started out as a 16 year old registering people to vote.

DeForest Soaries

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I'd have to acknowledge that I have a weakness for the fairer sex - and I hope I never get over it.

Chuck Robb

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If Abstract Expression reached for the sublime, Pop turned ordinary imagery into icons. Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol illuminated the transformative power of context and the process of reproduction. Claes Oldenburg's soft ice-cream cones and hamburgers changed sculpture from hard to soft, from stasis to transformation.

Arne Glimcher

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A lot of people say television holds up a mirror to life, and that's why you see all the drug busts and the killings and the seamier side of life. I personally take the view that it's not sufficient to portray only negative role models. It's not enough to say 'no' to drugs. What do you say 'yes' to?

Sherwood Schwartz

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