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New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city.


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A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.



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

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



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

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



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

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.



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

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



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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I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.

I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.



There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.



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My performance has improved dramatically from yoga and meditation. No athlete ever dominated by sticking to one sport all the time.



Whoever does not accept my teaching may not be saved - for it is God's teaching and not mine.

Whoever does not accept my teaching may not be saved - for it is God's teaching and not mine.



You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world.

You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change in the world.



In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the universe. In a deep deep sleep of the innocent, I am born again. In a fast German car, I'm amazed that I survived, An airbag saved my life...

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I'm trying not to move, it's just your ghost passing through



As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.

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