"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."

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Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs”, p.115, Random House

Jane Jacobs

#Cities Quotes #People Quotes #Logic Quotes

“I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't understand why the media wouldn't leave me in peace.”
“Capitalism is being attacked not because it is inefficient or misgoverned but because it is cynical. And indeed a society based on the assertion that private vices become public benefits cannot endure, no matter how impeccable its logic, no matter how great its benefits.”
“Philosophers of biology generally recognize that evolutionary fitness (roughly, an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment) is multiply realizable.”
“(He) had not realized how much he needed this sweet, friendly sound. How much he needed someone to settle in next to him. He didn't know that he needed to not be so solitary until at last he wasn't. So many needs in one old dog.”

Source : Kathi Appelt (2012). “The Underneath”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“We all deserve credit for this new surveillance state that we live in because we the people voted for the Patriot Act. Democrats and Republicans alike....We voted for the people who voted for it, and then voted for the people who reauthorized it, then voted for the people who re-re-authorize d it.”
“Motion is created by the destruction of balance.”
“Though the night seems long, you're tears won't fall forever.”

Source : Song: It Can't Rain All The Time
“Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours.”

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