A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.
“A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.”
The World Motivation
A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.
“A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.”
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“A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.”
“America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair.”
“History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead.”
“Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.”
“Of the twenty-two civilizations that have appeared in history, nineteen of them collapsed when they reached the moral state the United States is in now.”
“The equation of religion with belief is rather recent.”
“I would love to do some straight drama. A lot of times it's not up to the actor, it's up to the producer. It's up to the powers that be.”
“If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am bad at my work.”
“If you had special powers, it wouldn't be all fun and games. There would be regrets for things you've done.”
“People long to help each other, to be together, to share experiences, to be part of a community, to influence the powers that control their lives.”
“Great powers can't get tired, because the international order is not self-governing.”
“Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.”