Favelas Quote by Eduardo Paes Download Open image “Favelas [slums] are not always a problem. Favelas can sometimes really be a solution.” — Eduardo Paes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Favelas Inspiration Motivation Poverty Problem Slums Solutions Sometimes
One of the remarkable things about slums is that they do develop their own social organization and economy and even culture that is, on… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
You can use up all the slums for new development. In all the cities of the world, there are large areas of these. Also,… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Copy Share Image
Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium. — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life. — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming. — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image
For we constantly deal with practical problems, with moulders, contractors, derricks, stonemen, trucks, rubbish, plasterers and what-not-else, all the while trying to soar into… — Augustus Saint-Gaudens Copy Share Image
We will only keep people from fleeing the countryside into urban favelas, villas miseries, shantytowns and squatter villages when the productivity gap is closed… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
Slums could be thought of as the development of a special organ, or they could be thought of as a tumor that's grown, and… — Geoffrey West Copy Share Image
Most of suburbia will end up in three ways: ruins, slums, salvage yards for materials. — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
I believe most of suburbia is unreformable and will not be fixed. — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
Don't ever in your life do a World Cup and the Olympic Games at the same time. This will make your life almost impossible. — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
I strongly believe being mayor is the public post in which you have the greatest opportunity to change peoples' lives for the better. People… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
By 2050, seven out of ten people will live in cities, which will account for six billion people living in urban areas. That phenomenon… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
Rio is an energetic, vibrant place, full of beauty and nature. But we face the kinds of problems any developing metropolis does - with… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
Hosting the Olympic Games of course guarantees the world's attention, but there is more to it than simply bathing in the global spotlight. Most… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
[At] the end of the day, when we talk about cities, we talk about a gathering of people. And we cannot see that as… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
I don't want to compare my city to Zurich; thank God we're not that boring. Rio is advancing fast, but we're at a different… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
The city of the future is a city that cares about its citizens and integrates its citizens. — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
There is no time and space in the digital world. People chat and collaborate through social networks. Cultural icons garner millions of fans online… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
When Seoul hosted the Games in 1988, it became a symbol of the Asian Tigers' ascent onto the world stage. In 1992, the Barcelona… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
Rio will have to look after the legacy of infrastructure. But it's unclear who will run the sports centres after the Olympics. — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
We will only keep people from fleeing the countryside into urban favelas, villas miseries, shantytowns and squatter villages when the productivity gap is closed… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
I classify Sao Paolo this way: The Governor's Palace is the living room. The mayor's office is the dining room and the city is… — Carolina Maria de Jesus Copy Share Image
I go to the favelas in Brazil. It's the same in the South Side of Chicago. It's the same, or just more violent. We're… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
When I am in the city I have the impression that I am in a living room with crystal chandeliers, rugs of velvet, and… — Carolina Maria de Jesus Copy Share Image
My name, the McGregor name, my family's motto ... means royal is in my blood. That goes way back. So for [Aldo] to say… — Conor McGregor Copy Share Image
The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to be guided… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
That's what I think my job in the world has been, is to sort of try to sit silently a bit and watch it… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming. — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image