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Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.


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Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.



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The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live.



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Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.



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.

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.



Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.



A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.



Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.



To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.

To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity.



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