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A bikeway is a symbol that shows that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is equally important as a citizen on a $30,000 car.


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An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport.

An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport.



If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere.

If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere.



The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus people…We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to people. We cannot have both.

The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus people…We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to people. We cannot have both.



Children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a successful city for children, we will have a successful city for all people.

Children are a kind of indicator species. If we can build a successful city for children, we will have a successful city for all people.



In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal.

In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal.



Public space is for living, doing business, kissing, and playing. Its value can't be measured with economics or mathematics; it must be felt with the soul.

Public space is for living, doing business, kissing, and playing. Its value can't be measured with economics or mathematics; it must be felt with the soul.



A protected bicycle lane in the city in a developing country is a powerful symbol, showing that a citizen on the $30 bicycle is as important as one in a $30,000 car

A protected bicycle lane in the city in a developing country is a powerful symbol, showing that a citizen on the $30 bicycle is as important as one in a $30,000 car



One symbol of lack of democracy is to have cars parked on the sidewalk.

One symbol of lack of democracy is to have cars parked on the sidewalk.



God made us walking animals - pedestrians. As a fish needs to swim, a bird to fly, a deer to run, we need to walk, not in order to survive, but to be happy.

God made us walking animals - pedestrians. As a fish needs to swim, a bird to fly, a deer to run, we need to walk, not in order to survive, but to be happy.



Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted.

Urban transport is a political and not a technical issue. The technical aspects are very simple. The difficult decisions relate to who is going to benefit from the models adopted.





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[Doctor Strange] gets scraped off the floor and then thrown right down to hell again and then slowly pulls himself back up.

[Doctor Strange] gets scraped off the floor and then thrown right down to hell again and then slowly pulls himself back up.



If the world is meaningless, then so are we; if we mean something, we do not mean alone.

If the world is meaningless, then so are we; if we mean something, we do not mean alone.



If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.

If people work for me over the years, I expect them to be paid what they're owed, but I don't expect them to be paid more than they earn.



Love only brought me lonliness and horror.

Love only brought me lonliness and horror.



People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.

People like to let loose at rock concerts and it gives them an excuse to do it in a way that is not destructive to others and not really destructive to the band.



In fame's temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces, importunate scoundrels, or successful butchers of the human race.

In fame's temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces, importunate scoundrels, or successful butchers of the human race.



There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers.

There are two kinds of people in the world, observers and non-observers.



I want a pig. I want a pig on a leash. A baby pig on a leash.

I want a pig. I want a pig on a leash. A baby pig on a leash.



The Way is in training... Do nothing which is not of value.

The Way is in training... Do nothing which is not of value.



The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!

The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!




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