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Jane Jacobs Quotes

There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served.
Jane Jacobs

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Author Details:
Type:
Sociologist Quotes
Category:
American Sociologist Quotes
Date of Birth:
May 1, 1916
Date of Death:
April 25, 2006
Nationality:
American
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