"The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center."

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Source : William H. Whyte (2012). “City: Rediscovering the Center”, p.7, University of Pennsylvania Press

William H. Whyte

#Cities Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Together Quotes

“[In] the realm of science, ... what we have achieved will be obsolete in ten, twenty or fifty years. That is the fate, indeed, that is the very meaning of scientific work. ... Every scientific "fulfillment" raises new "questions" and cries out to be surpassed rendered obsolete. Everyone who wishes to serve science has to resign himself to this.”
“Nothing compares to pizza, and you discover and rediscover it when you are much too old, and you have got too much cholesterol and triglycerides...A collector is someone who is ready to devour the work of art that he wants to possess at all costs.”
“Chase God's heart today. Christianity has got to be more than a label, a lingo, and a lifestyle.”
“Creativity is people who care enough to keep thinking about something until they find the simplest way to do it.”
“For, as I suppose, no man in this world hath lived better than I have done, to achieve that I have done.”

Source : 'Le Morte D'Arthur' (1485) bk. 17, ch. 16
“She wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much.”
“In our modern society the image and mythic process has been taken over by corporations that directly control advertising and, indirectly, the entertainment industry. Powerful erotic images are used for the sole purpose of selling consumer products; the side effects of this commercialization have a profound impact on the sexual imagination and identity of vast numbers of people.”
“Someone like myself is not from one place. I am in total identification with the New York, French, and Palestine experience and do not stop at the borders of identity.”

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