Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I basically don't think that the way we do things is that dependent on one resource, such as oil. There can be different kinds of engines for cars. I think that solar heating, wind heating can substitute for a lot of uses for oil. I'd like to see those things happen because they are more sustainable in any case. But I do not think that running out of oil is not going to bother us that much. I think we have got to be rescued by something or we really are going down a slippery slope.

Jane Jacobs's Popular Quotes

Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them.... for really new ideas of any …

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The first fundamental of successful city life: People must take a modicum of responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other. T…

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Streets and their sidewalks-the main public places of a city-are its most vital organs.

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The more successfully a city mingles everyday diversity of uses and users in its everyday streets, the more successfully, casually (and economically)…

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The Victorian house and lots of other buildings weren't oppressive in themselves. They were often very airy and gingerbready and fancy. But they were…

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There is no new world that you make without the old world.

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Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.

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While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.

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There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans.

- Jane Jacobs