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William H. Whyte Quotes: If you want to seed a place with activity, the first thing to do is to put out food.
         

If you want to seed a place with activity, the first thing to do is to put out food.


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It’s not right to put water before people and then keep them away from it.



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Trees are contagious; as soon as one neighborhood or street is planted, citizen pressure builds up for action from the next street.



The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and drones. What he has seen is the dormitory of the next managerial class.

The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and drones. What he has seen is the dormitory of the next managerial class.



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