Tuesday, May 31, 2005

ποστ-ιτς στο παρμπριζ

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the longest journey begins with a single step, not with a turn of the ignition key. (edward abbey)
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a city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man
(arnold toynbee)
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you can't see anything from a car; you've got to get out of the goddamn contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thornbrush and cactus. when traces of blood begin to mark your trail, you'll see something, maybe.
(edward abbey)
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any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.
(albert einstein)
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never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.
(author unknown)
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the car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban man.
(marshall mcluhan)
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the automobile has not merely taken over the street, it has dissolved the living tissue of the city. its appetite for space is absolutely insatiable; moving and parked, it devours urban land, leaving the buildings as mere islands of habitable space in a sea of dangerous and ugly traffic.
(james marston fitch)
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everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
(e b white)
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modern technology owes ecology an apology
(alan m. eddison)

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