"The two elements of the suburban pattern that cause the greatest problems are the extreme separation of uses and the vast distances between things"

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Source : James Howard Kunstler (1994). “Geography Of Nowhere: The Rise And Declineof America'S Man-Made Landscape”, p.117, Simon and Schuster

James Howard Kunstler

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“I just think it's a really unique thing to women, this weird psychotic jealousy.”
“Help us show children around the world that we can make a difference together.”
“To be a nutritionist in France, you must be a doctor, seven years studies, and then three more years in nutrition.”
“Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her laptop in Texas can see photos and cell phone video in real time that a young college student has posted of a rally he's at in Iran.”

Source : "Liberty, Justice, and Freedom of Information for All" by Rosalind Wiseman, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 23, 2009.
“The most radical political act there is is to be an optimist. The most radical political act there is is to believe that, if I change, other people will follow suit.”

Source : "No Impact Man: The Documentary". www.imdb.com. 2009.
“Train at the same pace day after day, week after week, year after year, and that's the kind of running the body adapts to. But break out of that comfort zone with a little speedwork now and then, and the body will learn to deal with the new demands.”
“Which is more improbable - that the trillions of solar systems in the known universe exploded from something smaller than a pinhead or that there is an invisible, omniscient moral intelligence present everywhere that has the highest tolerance for cruelty?”
“There is only beauty / and it has only one perfect expression / poetry. All the rest is a lie /except for those who live by the body, love, and, that love of the mind, friendship. For me, Poetry takes the place of love, because it is enamored of itself, and because its sensual delight falls back deliciously in my soul.”

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