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

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By the end of the book, it is quite different than the way you thought it would be when you started the book - both in form and what it contains and what you think. Well, you tipped in a lot and you digested a lot - it wasn't pre-digested in your view. And it changed what you thought and how you see things.

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