When I left Michigan and I came to New York, that was my goal, to be a professional dancer. And I sort… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I couldn't chance failing in New York yet, letting the city fail me. It was the only place I knew I belonged.… — Hope Edelman Copy Share Image
For more than 200 years, the Staten Island Ferry has been a symbol of New York City's harbor and an integral part… — Nicole Malliotakis Copy Share Image
I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe. — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
There's nothing compared to the history of writing about the city of New York that you get, say, in Charles Reznikoff. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
“This red-fading-into-brown defines Queens for me; it is quiet and melancholy and postsuccessful, vaguely British in its disposition.” — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
It's been a concern of mine for years that the mainstream media coverage of culture and politics takes place in two nodes,… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I did a lot of 'NYPD Blues' and 'Law & Orders' and a couple of other ones that were shot in New… — Frank Vincent Copy Share Image
The heroic New York doctor who caught Ebola has been declared Ebola free. President Obama called the doctor to thank him for… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
If Rosie’s mother had known that eye colour was not a reliable indicator of paternity, and organised a DNA test to confirm… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
Authorities in New York City have foiled a plot by terrorists to blow up the Holland Tunnel. There was one awkward moment… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I think it was the perfect gestation time for this particular piece [ Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song].… — Sara Bareilles Copy Share Image
If I were to choose one single thing that that would restore Paris to the senses, it would be that strangely sweet,… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
New York is safer than it has been - and it's getting safer. But it's never safe. As the financial and communications… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took… — Barry Jenkins Copy Share Image
'Damages' was cool. It brought me back to New York for a little while, so that was a lot of fun, and… — Bailey Chase Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton is now driving from New York to Iowa. It's been called the least-exciting spring break trip in history. — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
New York is traditional New York, you know what I'm saying? It's the stomping ground of the hustlers and go-getters — Busta Rhymes Copy Share Image
Absolutely nothing brings out the killer instinct in the upper crust of New York Society like a charity function. — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
I have not seen anyone assume that all the citizens of New York are guilty of murder, violence, robbery, perjury, or writing… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper. I don't even like New York rappers. — ASAP Rocky Copy Share Image
When I was doing 'Spring Awakening' the first couple of years I was living in New York, I was gay, and I… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
Coming from New York, you're kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state. — Jesse Williams Copy Share Image
The New York times' long-standing motto, 'All the News That's Fit to Print,' should be changed to reflect today's reality: 'Manufacturing News… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I live in New York and it's the greatest city, but sometimes I want to move to the place with the porch… — Leelee Sobieski Copy Share Image
I started buying films a couple of years ago. The first film-maker I began to obsessively collect was Andy Milligan. He was… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I definitely think New York is a very, very vibrant, wonderful city, but I certainly, of course, can't help but miss a… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
There are three or four places in the country where people think of fashion: One is L.A., obviously. Another is New York.… — Cam Newton Copy Share Image
You can't live in New York City and be the most important person in town; you just can't. There are too many… — Sarah Jessica Parker Copy Share Image
Balthazar has a great New York vibe with the accent of a Parisian brasserie. I usually have the corned beef hash with… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
I prefer Los Angeles just because I live there and my family's there. But I think New York is just kind of… — Adam Scott Copy Share Image
I was involved in some of the very first meetings that created the maps that showed what would happen if you had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think the choice of actors that we have is a little more varied and rich here in New York than in… — Jerry Orbach Copy Share Image
Since I was a kid, every Thanksgiving growing up in New York, we always watched 'The March of the Wooden Soldiers' by… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
I can call up a friend and have them meet me for a drink in 20 minutes, and suddenly, the night unfolds… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
If you're a Democrat and 'The New York Times' is calling for your head, you know it's time for an exit strategy. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
New York was scary, coming from the Midwest. At first, I thought I'd come in all cocky, like, 'I'm gonna bring this… — Chris Farley Copy Share Image
There's more people to ignore in New York or Boston than there are in Milwaukee, but I would still ignore them, probably. — Zack Greinke Copy Share Image
Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York. — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
A lot of greats from England have fought in New York. I remember when Naseem Hamed fought at Madison Square Garden against… — James DeGale Copy Share Image
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