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There are still an awful lot of intelligent, clever constructive Americans and they are still doing clever constructive things.


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Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.



Streets and their sidewalks-the main public places of a city-are its most vital organs.

Streets and their sidewalks-the main public places of a city-are its most vital organs.



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

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



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.

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.



Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.

Intricate minglings of different uses in cities are not a form of chaos. On the contrary, they represent a complex and highly developed form of order.



While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.

While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.



The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations.

The ballet of the good city sidewalk never repeats itself from place to place, and in any one place is always replete with new improvisations.



This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.

This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.



People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other.

People must take a modicum of public responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other.



This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other.

This is what a city is, bits and pieces that supplement each other and support each other.





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My biggest influence is rap. It spoke to me, probably because of my upbringing in Christiania. You listen to 'The Chronic' and you can hear that anger and frustration.



One of the advantages of the book's having been out there for more than a quarter century is that there's been time for people to report back on what it's done for them.

One of the advantages of the book's having been out there for more than a quarter century is that there's been time for people to report back on what it's done for them.



You don't know, but I'm noticing.

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What was I thinking? Fact is I wasn't thinking. I didn't want to think. I wanted to feel.

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Never spit in front of women and children, and never insult the great state of Texas.

Never spit in front of women and children, and never insult the great state of Texas.



If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me 'Coach,' but if they know me for the video game, they just call me 'Madden.'

If someone remembers me as a coach, they still call me 'Coach,' but if they know me for the video game, they just call me 'Madden.'



if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.

if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.



In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful using somebody else's play.

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