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title: "7 City Actually Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [I would not be as married to locations and ideas, when I show up in the city that I'm actually going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-munroe/i-would-not-be-as-married-to-locations-and-ideas-when-i-show-up-in/)

[Kevin Munroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-munroe/)

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> [In a sense, Open City is a kind of Wunderkammer, one of those little rooms assembled with bric-a-brac by Renaissance scholars. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teju-cole/in-a-sense-open-city-is-a-kind-of-wunderkammer-one-of-those-little/)

[Teju Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teju-cole/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65c/teju-cole-2851_animal_in-a-sense-open-city-is-a-kind-of-wunder_229652.jpg)

> [“A flâneur knows that the wrong way to use the city is actually the right way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-bayne/a-fl-neur-knows-that-the-wrong-way-to-use-the-city-is-actually-the/)

[Martha Bayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-bayne/)

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> [I don't think any other city actually has anyone who has actually documented the way they have lived or documented the city…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-press/i-don-t-think-any-other-city-actually-has-anyone-who-has-actually/)

[Richard Press](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-press/)

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> [I always sort of talk about - to myself at least, or to my friends, about wanting to just keep life very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradley-cooper/i-always-sort-of-talk-about-to-myself-at-least-or-to-my-friends-about/)

[Bradley Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradley-cooper/)

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> [I want to show New York as the gorgeous, amazing city that it actually is. It's built on a 'get up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-serhant/i-want-to-show-new-york-as-the-gorgeous-amazing-city-that-it-actually/)

[Ryan Serhant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-serhant/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e11/ryan-serhant-6454_amazing_i-want-to-show-new-york-as-the-gorgeous_2470975.jpg)

> [I feel like I'm a New Yorker because I really know the city. I actually tell the drivers where to go -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-cole-2/i-feel-like-i-m-a-new-yorker-because-i-really-know-the-city-i/)

[J. Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-cole-2/)

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