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Brief author info: Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) American social critic and writer.

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Great cities are not like towns, only larger. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of these is that cities are, by definition, full of strangers.

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In small settlements everyone knows your affairs. In the city everyone does not-only those you choose to tell will know about you. This is one of the attributes of cities that is precious to most city people.

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Violence Quote

Violence never settles anything right: apart from injuring your own soul, it injures the best cause. It lingers on long after the object of hate has disappeared from the scene to plague the lives of those who have employed it against their foes.

- Obafemi Awolowo

Dreams Quote

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

- Marilyn Monroe

Life Quote

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

- Maya Angelou

Relationship Quote

A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.

- Marcel Proust

Life Quote

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

- Dr. Seuss

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