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this is part of the [[Village Buildings]] book / article collection. Quotations presented in chronological order (roughly):

''"Look upon the covenant: for all the earth is full of darkness, and cruel habitations." ''

—'''Psalms 74:20''', as presented in ''The Book of Common Prayer'', 1549 / 1559 / 1662). Quoted in Gauldie, Enid. (1974). ''Cruel Habitations: a history of working-class housing 1780-1918.''

''"First, the taking in of scattered particulars under one Idea, so that everyone understands what is being talked about ... Sec ond, the separation of the Idea into parts, by dividing it at the joints, as nature directs, not breaking any limb in half as a bad carver might."''

—'''Plato, Phaedrus''', 265D. (also frontispiece quote in Christopher Alexander, ''Notes on the Synthesis of Form,'' 1964).

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   —'''Juvenal'''‬, Satires. (early 2nd century AD).

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     —'''Russian proverb'''.

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—'''Charles Abrams''', ''The Future of Housing''. 1946. 

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   —'''Millard Fuller''', founder of Habitat for Humanity, in 1968 letter to Koinonia Farm community, proposing HfH. [quoted in Stevens & Swisher, Community Self-Help Housing Manual, published by Habitat for Humanity in 1982].

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    Unix "Rule of Diversity", in e.g. '''E.S. Raymond''', The Art of Unix Programming, 2003. 

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— from '''Kim Hopper''' & Jim Baumohl. "Redefining the Cursed Word: A Historical Interpretation of American Homelessness." in [Baumohl 1996].

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 —'''Jack Tafari'''. "The Future." ''Street Roots'', Dec 2000.

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     —'''Carl Abbott''', PhD, Professor & Chair, College of Planning & Public Health, Portland State University. (ca 2004). Used as prefatory quote in 2004 "Dignity Village Proposal, 2004-" by Dignity Village Council and City Repair Project. 

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—'''Don Mitchell''', in "Tent Cities: Interstitial Spaces of Survival" 2013, & (with section inside [ ] added, in ''Mean Streets: Homelessness, Public Space, and the Limits of Capital'' 2020.

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  —'''Daniel Immerwarh''', author of ''Thinking Small: The United States and the Lure of Community Development'' (2015).

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—'''Lyman Stone''', [https://twitter.com/lymanstoneky/status/710405815644102656?s=20 March 17, 2016]. quoted by Sonja Trauss (founder, SF YIMBY)

''"Oregon is emerging as a testing ground for a new approach to solving the nationwide shortage of affordable housing." ''

—''The Wall Street Journal'', October 2019. [Parker 2019]. 