I was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
As a child growing up in the precincts of wealth, and later as a college student, newspaper reporter and resident of New… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
I love L.A. - don't get me wrong. But I miss everything about New York. I don't eat cheese, but I miss… — Tristan Wilds Copy Share Image
I was every Londoner's stereotypical idea of a brash, vulgar American. When I got here, it turned out that London was the… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I certainly know that on our first tour of America in 1968, David Crosby came to see us backstage at the Fillmore… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
I've seen a lot of brands fail because they went, 'Hey, look, we're from New York, and that's what we're all about.'… — James Jebbia Copy Share Image
“One good thing about New York is that most people function daily while in a low-grade depression. It's not like if you're… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, 'Well, Maya Angelou has a new… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I had no idea about where I was going. I had no sense of art as anything other than a problem to… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
“The soft rush of taxis by him, and laughter, laughters hoarse as a crow's, incessant and loud, with the rumble of the… — F Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I especially like Duke Ellington jazz, which is a little more... I lived in New York for a while. I lived in… — Charlie Day Copy Share Image
For the first and only time, I was more worried about getting hurt by the crowd than by the guy I was… — Jack Dempsey Copy Share Image
It was in New York, and I've always wanted to film in New York. And the writer was a teenage friend of… — Rosamund Pike Copy Share Image
I was a temp for three years in New York when I was auditioning; when I was cast in 'Mad Men,' I… — Rich Sommer Copy Share Image
One day Dad was driving in to New York to appear on a telethon. I hid in the back seat until he… — Joey Heatherton Copy Share Image
I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York,… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
I'm never in Hollywood! I'm a theatre actor that lives in New York. I'm very seldom in Los Angeles. I don't dislike… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
When I moved to New York to act I was no good at working restaurants - hosting, waiting, bussing, dishwashing - I… — Michael Weatherly Copy Share Image
My whole family is in the arts some way or the other. My father was a cellist in a symphony outside Chicago… — Jason Graae Copy Share Image
It's been hard to be a show in L.A. and be trendsetting, because the fashions are in New York...Not to mention that… — Sarah Michelle Gellar Copy Share Image
I was brought up a Jew but, you know, that way of being Jewish - the New York way. We were stomach… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
An American critic wrote that she would rather be forced to read the New York telephone directory three times than watch the… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I am afraid if there is anything to be afraid of. A precipice cannot hurt you. Lions and tigers can. The streets… — Annie Smith Peck Copy Share Image
I'm from Miami, and the Pacific Northwest is just, the visualness of it, was so extremely different than Miami, where I came… — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I went to the University of Georgia for a year before I left, and then I went to live with Eileen Ford… — Kim Basinger Copy Share Image
Once 9/11 happened, people who looked like me and whose children looked like us and whose husbands looked of a community, really… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
Going into editing when I got to New York was part of that. I guess I just kind of wanted to know… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
I did a run of a play over the summer in a really tiny theater in New York and that was rejuvenating… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
My only bookings this week came from within my friends. Trans people have been central to New York’s art and fashion scene… — Hari Nef Copy Share Image
Obviously it is right that the Afghans take responsibility for their own future in the end, but they need to know and… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I've been in thousands of conversations dripping with misogyny. I've initiated many of those conversations myself. From my fraternity roots to my… — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
I was very much a tough New York street kid. I went to a school where you had to learn how to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
U.S. News Organizations observe the anniversary of September 11 with investigations about the nation's continuing vulnerability to terrorism. First, the New York… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
You can go anywhere in New York. There's always something to do in New York. There's always a place to eat no… — Michael Che Copy Share Image
The worst disgrace that can befall a producer is an unkind notice from a New York reviewer. When this happens, the producer… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
The NYPD with the unconditional support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg has stopped-and-frisked more black men than there are black men in New… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
I chose not to go home and struggle with the New York scene. My size sort of locked me out. I was… — Julie Warner Copy Share Image
There was a sense of all the things that go on on the street, particularly in New York, that you are just… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
Saturday mornings in spring should always start with a jolt of dance by Paul Taylor performed by Taylor 2. The touring ensemble,… — Jennifer Dunning Copy Share Image
Between New York and L.A., and all of us who are actors, I feel like we're just one big, cast repertory company,… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
