"Designing a dream city is easy; rebuilding a living one takes imagination."

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Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “Vital Little Plans: The Short Works of Jane Jacobs”, p.129, Random House

#Dream Quotes #Cities Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Acting was something that just came along. But I made good money, so it wasn't something I was just going to put aside and pretend it didn't exist.”
“Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I give my time, when I can make someone smile after they were feeling sad...”
“Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.”
“The hope is that papal calls for a New Pentecost, which go back to St. John XXIII, and papal calls for a New Evangelization, which go back to Vatican II and especially to St. John Paul II, can come together. Pope Francis' vision is to bring together the reality of a New Pentecost with the urgency of a New Evangelization.”

Source : Source: www.bostonglobe.com
“I grew up in the kitchen, mostly with my grandfather, my mother and my aunt Raffy.”
“But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's.”
“Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.”
“The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy.”

Source : "Online Extra: Q&A with Bolivian President Mesa". Interview with Geri Smith, www.bloomberg.com. July 5, 2004.

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