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

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Source : "Why buses represent democracy in action". TED Talk, www.ted.com. September 2013.

Enrique Penalosa

#Cities Quotes #Car Quotes #Use Quotes

“Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.”
“I have lived my whole life with high intensity.”
“Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.”
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.”
“Mushy reviews are a breach of faith”
“When I decided I wanted to be an actor, I said I wanted to work with quality actors and directors.”
“Simply cutting the taxes for America's wealthiest families is clearly not creating the needed new jobs, and that strategy is unlikely to succeed in the future.”
“Were it not for the shepherds, there would have been no reception. And were it not for a group of stargazers, there would have been no gifts.”

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