"An endless number of green buildings doesn't make a sustainable city."

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Jan Gehl

#Cities Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Green Quotes

“In recent years, research into the prevention and treatment of arthritis has led to measures that successfully reduce pain and improve the quality of life for millions.”
“In giving us dominion over the animal kingdom God has signified His will that we subdue the beast within ourselves.”
“God comes to you disguised as your life,”
“I don't subscribe to anything. I sit there and I try to think about what seems honest to me.”
“The Kobe 8 is about enhanced performance. It's the most comfortable shoe I have worn. It's simplistic but has an edge to it.”
“Good things come slow, especially in distance running.”
“We're social beasts, and we draw society around us.”
“Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life.”

Source : Quoted in Rachel E Cresswell and Katharine Fry Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry (1848).

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