"The point of cities is multiplicity of choice."

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Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.340, Vintage

Jane Jacobs

#Cities Quotes #Choices Quotes #Multiplicity Quotes

“I was a jackass in many ways. I projected that cruelty towards others, that kid whose hand I was wringing. If I could have hurt a hundred weaklings - weaker than me, and I was already very weak - I would. I was dying to hurt somebody, to pay it forward.”

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“By going into third world countries and serving, by actually feeding and helping people, I've been led to focus a little more on how people here try to be happy by ignoring other people who are unhappy.”
“I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.”
“We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals regarding how to live one's life. And here we are now, today, still struggling. Still trying to sort things out. Still trying to work our way through life effectively. About the only thing that has changed is the scope of the problem. There's more at stake now. And we're in a position, as grownups, to do a lot more-good or bad-for ourselves, our organization, our world. But we still must wrestle with our imperfect ethics.”
“You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision.”
“While nothing is more uncertain than a single life, nothing is more certain than the average duration of a thousand lives.”
“No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.”
“When it's said and done, the one thing I want to leave on this earth is hope. I have felt hopelessness, and it's a terrible feeling. Hopelessness will destroy you. I want to bring hope to other people.”

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