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For I was reared in the great city, pent with cloisters dim,and saw naught lovely but the sky and stars.But thou, my… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
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Young men kill someone for a handful of coins, then are remorseless, even casual: Hey, man, things happen. And their parents nab… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
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It's great for me to hear those different reactions because when I travel with a movie like this [World of Tommorow], it's… — Don Hertzfeldt Copy Share Image
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![“Go walk the streets of Beijing. It's pretty hard to argue it isn't a modern city. Now, if you go outside [of Beijing], in the rural areas, that's true. But rural America, you can say the same thing, in Appalachia there's an awful lot of poverty and lack of education.” quote by Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/726/michael-bloomberg-1293_america_go-walk-the-streets-of-beijing-it-s-pret_482884.png)
![“[On Addis Ababa:] Among the city's handicaps are an immaturity for which no one can be blamed, as it was founded only eighty years ago, and a proliferation of architectural excesses for which many people can and should be blamed.” quote by Dervla Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec0/dervla-murphy-20135_addis-ababa_on-addis-ababa-among-the-city-s-handicap_1176958.png)
![“It's great for me to hear those different reactions because when I travel with a movie like this [World of Tommorow], it's very similar. You'll hear a line in one city get a big laugh, and then in another city, the same line kind of gets a gasp, and that's wonderful.” quote by Don Hertzfeldt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a1/don-hertzfeldt-16260_bigs_it-s-great-for-me-to-hear-those-differen_2121529.jpg)
