"If we are to succeed, we must recognize that the community redevelopment is not solely the rehabilitation of housing, or putting a mall in the business strips."

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Jane Byrne

#Community Quotes #Rehabilitation Quotes #Succeed Quotes

“It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others...Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion's questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.”
“Although housing sales and starts have cooled to more typical levels, the housing market remains strong and sound. Without the expansion of homeownership and the strength of our housing market, our nation would not have the economic growth we are experiencing today.”
“I've been thinking a lot lately about taking chances, and how it's really just about overcoming your fears. Because the truth is, everytime you take a big risk in your life, no matter how it ends up, you're always glad you took it.”
“Not all is certainty in our world, Karigan. If it were there'd be no opportunity for faith; and then it would be a very dull existence.”

Source : Kristen Britain (2007). “The High King's Tomb: Book Three of Green Rider”, p.467, Penguin
“Everything we personally own thatâ€™s made, sold, shipped, stored, cleaned, and ultimately thrown away does some environmental harm every step of the way, harm that weâ€™re either directly responsible for or is done on our behalf.”

Source : Yvon Chouinard (2006). “Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman”, p.90, Penguin
“The body of economic knowledge is an essential element in the structure of human civilization; it is the foundation upon which modern industrialism and all the moral, intellectual, technological, and therapeutical achievements of the last centuries have been built.”
“How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.”
“The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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