We of America are especially fitted to visualize and to understand the marvellous transformation of a wilderness into a land of splendid… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
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You live in the city and all the time there are signs telling you what to do and billboards trying to sell… — Banksy Copy Share Image
There was the murdered corpse, in covert laid, And violent death in thousand shapes displayed; The city to the soldier's rage resigned;… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
This very Rome that we behold deserves our love ...: the only common and universal city. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
A lot of issues were on the ballots. In New York City there was Proposition 14. That would put a ceiling on… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
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Liberals don't want any part of Canada left behind. I used to give speeches on and on and on about the fact… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Vancouver is an amazing city and luckily, growing up in the Seattle area, I was able to immerse myself into the culture… — Apolo Ohno Copy Share Image
So much of the violence in the movies is b.s. violence: A guy in the middle of a large city with 14… — William H. Macy Copy Share Image
Now that Obama's president, it changes inner-city youths. They can now not just dream to be Lil Waynes and 50 Cents, but… — will.i.am Copy Share Image
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Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
One of the best moments Ive ever had in New Orleans is seeing Bourbon Street filled on a weekend night not long… — Ray Nagin Copy Share Image
Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins. — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
It seems hardly fair to quarrel with a place because its staple commodity is not pretty, but I am sure I should… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
Blood City III: The Massacre. I'd read the summary of it online, and frankly, it sounded like the directors had just decided… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
The subtlest change in New York is something people don't speak much about but that is in everyone's mind. The city, for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mouth opened. It happened. Yes, with my head thrown into the sky, I started howling. Arms stretched out next to me,… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
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