A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your … - Jaime Lerner

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A few years ago I switched to an entirely different kind of New Year's resolution. Instead of vowing to improve, I pledge to do a better job of accepting my bad habits - to stop worrying about failing to be the person I used to imagine I could be.

Jaime Lerner

A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose.

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