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In its revolt against congestion and sordor, a space-hungry generation has, I fear, developed eyes that are bigger than its stomach.
Lewis Mumford
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Lewis Mumford
Age: 94 †
Born: 1895
Born: October 19
Died: 1990
Died: January 26
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Utopias rest on the fallacy that perfection is a legitimate goal of human existence.
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This metropolitan world, then, is a world where flesh and blood is less real than paper and ink and celluloid.
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Neither democracy nor effective representation is possible until each participant in the group...devotes a measurable part of his life to furthering its existence.
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