They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot,
With a pink hotel,
A boutique, and a swinging hot spot.

Joni Mitchell

Big Yellow Taxi

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Topic

Consumerism Loss of Eden Over-development Modern life

Speaker

Joni Mitchell

Source

Big Yellow Taxi

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Singer-songwriter Musician

From

Canada

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Citation

Mitchell, Joni. "Big Yellow Taxi." Ladies of the Canyon. Reprise Records, 1970.

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A society based on the letter of the law and never reaching any higher fails to take advantage of the full range of human possibilities. The letter of the law is too cold and formal to have a beneficial influence on society. Whenever the tissue of life is woven of legalistic relationships, this creates an atmosphere of spiritual mediocrity that paralyzes man’s noblest impulses.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Topic
Legalism Laws of physics
Speaker
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Medium
Speech
Genre
Commencement address
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander I. "A World Split Apart." Commencement cermony. 8 June 1978, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.