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title: "6 Lived Brooklyn Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [It was always a funny thing when someone would ask me my name and I would say "Brooklyn." They would always think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brooklyn-sudano/it-was-always-a-funny-thing-when-someone-would-ask-me-my-name-and-i/)

[Brooklyn Sudano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brooklyn-sudano/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/brooklyn-sudano-37331_ask-me_it-was-always-a-funny-thing-when-someone_161942.jpg)

> [Back when I lived in Brooklyn, I'd sometimes take the Q train all the way out to Coney Island and back, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-foer/back-when-i-lived-in-brooklyn-i-d-sometimes-take-the-q-train-all-the/)

[Joshua Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-foer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/joshua-foer-4147_brooklyn_back-when-i-lived-in-brooklyn-i-d-someti_1074335.jpg)

> [My family originally lived in Brooklyn. Our first apartment was a little place above my father and uncle's hardware store in Coney…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gilbert-gottfried/my-family-originally-lived-in-brooklyn-our-first-apartment-was-a/)

[Gilbert Gottfried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gilbert-gottfried/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/383/gilbert-gottfried-7822_apartment_my-family-originally-lived-in-brooklyn-o_1179977.jpg)

> [I lived in Brooklyn for a year and I moved out to Rockaway Beach. I've been living here for two years now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mac-demarco/i-lived-in-brooklyn-for-a-year-and-i-moved-out-to-rockaway-beach-i-ve/)

[Mac DeMarco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mac-demarco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/mac-demarco-7654_addresses_i-lived-in-brooklyn-for-a-year-and-i-mov_1593909.jpg)

> [I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but I lived in Brooklyn for a while as a kid. I went to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patty-smyth/i-ve-lived-most-of-my-life-in-manhattan-but-i-lived-in-brooklyn-for-a/)

[Patty Smyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patty-smyth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/patty-smyth-19229_high-school_i-ve-lived-most-of-my-life-in-manhattan_2080645.jpg)

> [I lived in Brooklyn from 2007 to 2012 but for the last few years have resided in Austin, Texas, where my world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-mahajan/i-lived-in-brooklyn-from-2007-to-2012-but-for-the-last-few-years-have/)

[Karan Mahajan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-mahajan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40b/karan-mahajan-6691_brooklyn_i-lived-in-brooklyn-from-2007-to-2012-bu_2169388.jpg)

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