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“A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men can tell. Assembling and dispersing with equal suddenness, it is as difficult to follow to its various sources as the sea itself; nor does the parallel stop here, for the ocean is not more fickle and uncertain, more terrible when roused, more unreasonable or more cruel.”

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among them, and hence this monogamic system which now prevails throughout all Christendom, and which has been so fruitful a source of prostitution and whoredom throughout all the Christian monogamic cities of the Old and New World, until rottenness and decay are at the root of their institutions both national and religious.”

Source: Journal of Discourses

“You can plant a church and grow a church. That's not that hard to do, but it's harder to be a viable source of transformation in a city or your time or space.”

Hard Grows Church Space Cities Source Harder Transformation Plant

Author:Erwin McManus

“I want to live in a city where immigration is seen as a new source of strength.”

Want Cities Source Immigration Source Of Strength

Author:Martin Firrell

“The city (regardless which one it is) does provide a certain degree of sophistication and intellectualism. It offers the challenge of professional matters. It throws new and interesting people in one's path. There is a dynamic and an energy in cities which is diametric to the life-forces of the forest. Still the cabin is the wellspring, the source, the hub of my existence. It gives me tranquility, a closeness of nature and wildlife, good health and fitness, a sense of security, the opportunity for resourcefulness, reflection and creative thinking.”

“We have food deserts in our cities. We know that the distance you live from a supplier of fresh produce is one of the best predictors of your health. And in the inner city, people don't have grocery stores. They have to get on a bus and take a long ride to get to a source of fresh produce.”

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Author:Michael Pollan

“If you're in an urban city like New York, the corner markets are fantastic sources for tulips and roses.”

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Author:Clinton Smith

“My first goal would be to reduce the perturbation in the carbon cycle. That would mean using carbon neutral sources of energy, and changing our agricultural practices to be less disruptive and polluting. I'm not talking about a policy here so much as changing the way our infrastructure works. That's why I'm so fascinated with changing the way we build cities, because they are the most developed forms of physical infrastructure for human habitation.”

Way Firsts Humans Mean Would Be Form Energy Goal Cities Talking Practice Policy Source Cycles Fascinated Carbon Infrastructure Not Talking Disruptive Carbon Cycle

Author:Annalee Newitz

“I am still happy to be close to the city, [to be] connected to the intellectual source in Ferndorf. In this area, [I feel] connected with nature and unimportant in a postitive way.”

Way Feels Stills Cities Source Intellectual Areas Connected Unimportant

Author:Volker Bertelmann

“Remember that the problem is bigger than the car you drive or the types of lightbulbs in city hall. We need a fundamental shift away from dirty fossil fuels that spew carbon pollution. To make that happen, we need to put pressure on our leaders to take the bold actions necessary to move us off dirty sources of energy.”

Needs Problem Happens Action Remember Moving Energy Cities Leader Car Source Type Bigger Pressure Fundamentals Dirty Fuel Halls Pollution Carbon Fossils Fossil Fuel Bold Actions City Hall

Author:Al Gore

“There are a few societies that show signs of having been very rational about the physics of construction and the physics of real life. Some of the old middle-Eastern societies had downdraft systems over whole cities, and passive, rapid-evaporation ice-making systems. They were rational people using good physical principles to make themselves comfortable without additional sources of energy.”

People Real Whole Shows Energy Cities Principles Middle Source Comfortable Physics Real Life Rational Ice Construction Passive Eastern Rapids Evaporation

Author:Bill Mollison

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