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“The beauty of New York rests on a completely different base. It's unintentional. It arose independent of human design, like a stalagmitic… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
In 1949, when I was 2, my family moved from Yonkers, NY, to a development of brick houses in Elmont, a Long… — Susan Lucci Copy Share Image
“Sometimes life in my dream-come-true was uncomfortable, like waving good morning and smiling at strangers. That felt foreign to me. And I… — Luis Mario Copy Share Image
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I was raised in an Italian-American family in the suburbs of Westchester County, just a little north of New York City. — Mandy Rose Copy Share Image
New York City revived around the team. I don't think you can look at the recovery of New York from the 1970s… — Jonathan Mahler Copy Share Image
As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
I started writing it the day after Sept. 11. I was living in New York City. We didnt have any phone service… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York City, my car culture is minimal. I rode on the train, the bus. I walked; I rode… — Ramon Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“I treasure ruefully some memories of W.H. Auden that go back to the middle 1960s, when he arrived in New Haven to… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
“My past still haunts me when I sleep, although I saw that - much to my surprise- his does as well.” — Zack Love Copy Share Image
The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I sometimes look at the careers of other... I guess I could call them contemporaries or maybe close artists; you know, the… — Mike Royer Copy Share Image
[Reviewing the New York City Telephone Directory] But it is the opinion of the present reviewer that the weakness of plot is… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
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We have been actively trying to have New York City host the 2012 Olympics. — George Pataki Copy Share Image
Moving to New York City by myself at 17 was certainly my bravest moment. I bought a one-way ticket and stayed with… — Rachel Boston Copy Share Image
“The great city of New York wields more of the destinies of this great nation that five times the population of any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Yes, I do consider the city I will be in when I decide which dress to wear. I get a little edgier… — Tinsley Mortimer Copy Share Image
“One of the more unpleasant aspects of living in New York City is how daily proximity to wealth and glamour can instill… — Kate Bolick Copy Share Image
I like going to the matinee. I like taking my daughter there. It's just my favorite place in the world. I go… — Jonathan Majors Copy Share Image
“It was generally agreed that a coffin-size studio on Avenue D was preferable to living in one of the boroughs. Moving from… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Eventually, I decided that if I was going to really write a novel, I couldn't do it in New York City while… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
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