I come from a place where you have a lot of sky. But [in New York City] you have to really look… — El Anatsui Copy Share Image
In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor… — Felix Rohatyn Copy Share Image
“LA is very different from New York. New York is a huge, dense metropolis. LA is a bunch of small towns all… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“It was the soul of the machine, the ethological epicentre, the planetary ground zero of their commercial energy. I could almost feel… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
When I first came to New York City in 1967, I joined up with Richard Schechner's Performance Group - where we worked… — Spalding Gray Copy Share Image
“New York City is legendary for sleeping around. There's hot tail everywhere and it's such a big city that two-timing and even… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. Particularly when one can't see the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I've got the best of all worlds. It's every actor's dream to wake up in New York City and go to an… — Christopher Meloni Copy Share Image
“And suddenly it came to him. That Strawberry Fields garden he'd come from, and the Freedom Tower he'd been thinking of: taken… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
Every block of the city is a quintessential definition of the highly diversified New York food cultue. Each area is divided as… — Vikas Khanna Copy Share Image
I could see no position to say, 'I'm going to make a living as a writer.' But I went to classes for… — James L. Brooks Copy Share Image
Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
In 1949, when I was 2, my family moved from Yonkers, NY, to a development of brick houses in Elmont, a Long… — Susan Lucci Copy Share Image
“Starshine’s greatest challenge is deciding whether a woman is too young to soothe or too old to shame. Handling the men is… — Jacob M. Appel Copy Share Image
“Back and forth from Brooklyn to Manhattan. New York at night, from its bridges, is a miracle. When I first came to… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
Greensboro's mad at me because I said I'd rather go to New York City for a week. Why would they be mad… — Jim Boeheim Copy Share Image
Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved… — Dan Auerbach Copy Share Image
“Of the 2,639,857 faggots in the New York city area, 2,639,857 think primarily with their cocks. You didn't know that the cock… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
I came to New York City as a player, so my objective is to take the team as high as possible, preferably… — Andrea Pirlo Copy Share Image
When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was subjected to the doctor draft of that… — Robert Jay Lifton Copy Share Image
I think small business is struggling in New York City. It's a fantastic market, it's a very appealing market, there's lots of… — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
I grew up with my parents screaming and yelling at each other for the rent in Bronx, New York City at the… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
My parents were actors. And so I was born in New York City, and when I was 7, they quit acting and… — Adam Pally Copy Share Image
I know that New York City remains the highest density urban area in the country and by far dedicates more of its… — Jose Serrano Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in New York. My family has been in New York City since the Civil War. I have… — Andrew Zimmern Copy Share Image
You don't really have to go anywhere in particular in New York City to have a good time. In every part of… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
I love holidays in New York. I love 'em. I want to celebrate something all the time and New York has holidays… — Elaine Stritch Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I fetishised New York City. It was the land of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, it… — Moby Copy Share Image
This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride… — Ryan Sheckler Copy Share Image
I went to New York to be born again. And when the train plunged into a tunnel under New York City, with… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Have you ever experienced a beauty of soul, an esthetic grace, that was so intense it made you want to cry?" From… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
You can't use hair spray, because hair spray is going to affect the ozone. I'm trying to figure out - okay, I'm… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
The stage stuff is something I developed over a really long time, in front of a lot of New York City audiences,… — Bridget Everett Copy Share Image
Mayor de Blasio wants to eliminate garbage. He believes New York City produces way too much garbage. Well, heck, forget about producing… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
“Some of us claim that New York City is the capital of the country, indeed the capital of the world. Now, that… — David Dinkins Copy Share Image
New York is a tale of two cities. You have the gilded city and the other city, and the core of the… — Ritchie Torres Copy Share Image
While New York City cannot prevent other jurisdictions from selling firearms, it has taken a powerful stance against guns by divesting pension… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
Today I arrived by train in New York City, which I'd never seen before, walked through the grandeur of Grand Central Terminal,… — Edward Robb Ellis Copy Share Image
I like going to the matinee. I like taking my daughter there. It's just my favorite place in the world. I go… — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
My relationship with PS 347 goes way back. I was the teacher there and I moved from California to New York City.… — Lauren Ridloff Copy Share Image
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