I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me. — Floyd Mayweather, Jr Copy Share Image
It's easier in an urban world to cast the blame outward. So I've learned a lot about my own process in that… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Urban farming is not only possible, it is crucial. But it can't be like the farming techniques of yore. — Homaro Cantu Copy Share Image
There are so many urban pop ideas that are underserved, and I think Hollywood doesn't see us and misses the opportunity to… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like… — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
I was so urban-centric once. I did not want to see a patch of grass. I did not want to look at… — Carlos Dengler Copy Share Image
I think the guys who are sort of infantry in Somali piracy are not unlike low-level drug dealers in urban areas in… — Cutter Hodierne Copy Share Image
New York is the biggest mouth in the world. It appears to be prime example of the herd instinct, leading the universal… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Now we have so many different genres of music, it's amazing to me. Even in the gospel music arena, you've got hip-hop,… — Marvin Sapp Copy Share Image
We have a unique opportunity to unite America, urban and rural, coastal and midwestern, red and blue, under the banner of a… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could… — Stokely Carmichael Copy Share Image
Dizzee's just my childhood hero. He's definitely the inspiration. He's got himself to a very good place. He's defied the expectations of… — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
“Tony's concern disintegrated. He could not understand C.J.'s determination to court death on a daily basis. Or maybe he did understand, and… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
I think that in his 39 short years of life, Malcolm X came to symbolize Black urban America, its culture, its politics,… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment, not because the artificial is evil as such, but because of his lack of… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
This was early '90s and in New York hip-hop was coming on really strong; that was the sort of urban folk music… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
In his second term, [Ronald] Reagan completed the work of his first term - the rich got really rich, everything was deregulated,… — Kate Clinton Copy Share Image
Years ago, when I was making music, I was sending it off to radio stations and getting told it was 'too urban.'… — Big Narstie Copy Share Image
Urban pop culture is its own phenomena that is for some reason is left out of Hollywood. It's the most mainstream thing… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
“Although this man spoke pure fluent ghetto, she liked his spirit. She could tell he was attracted to her, and that he… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
I read more books for research purposes, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies. — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
The present Indian government, however, is neither able or willing to accept the challenge and to provide the leadership in breaking the… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and or big urban areas - that might… — Bob Filner Copy Share Image
We have so few unaffiliated public intellectuals now - people who are not beholden to a think tank, corporate-owned media, or academic… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
The Dallas model, prominent in the South and Southwest, sees a growing population as a sign of urban health. Cities liberally permit… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“Where did you meet?” he pressed on. I shrugged and considered a little rephrasing. “I was out for a run.” “From who?”… — Dannika Dark Copy Share Image
There are so many fantastic stories and I want to bring Thor and Odin and the other gods into the modern world,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Survival in more primitive ages required constant alertness, but survival in today's mechanized world almost demands that we turn off our senses.… — Carole Katchen Copy Share Image
You know, I don't really understand a suburban environment. I want to be out in the woods, I want to be where… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
I am an urban vegan. I love the glossy pages of 'Vogue,' even though I won't purchase the leather shoes and bags… — Victoria Moran Copy Share Image
A lot of people feel like urban fantasy is a shortcut that gets you around world-building, because it's set "in the real… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offering an aggressive… — Dave Reichert Copy Share Image
I enjoy listening to contemporary rock on the college stations while I'm taking long walks, love gospel and soul music, am fascinated… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
“In merging nature and culture the most successful cities combine such universal needs as maintaining or restoring contact with the cycles of… — Sally A. Kitt Chappell Copy Share Image
I am a person that believes in different emotions with music. Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the… — Cam Newton Copy Share Image
There's no question that there's been a breach in the trust between urban - especially urban community, African-American and minority communities and… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Modern design becomes the eye catcher because it's out of context, it is something newborn and fresh, something people have never seen… — Ross Lovegrove Copy Share Image
The idea of the chickens with the multiple breasts and thighs came from an urban legend that some fast-food places had developed… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I never played Freddy as real. In the true bible of Wes Craven's outline for the films, Freddy only manifests himself in… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
Urban people, of course, are terribly scared nowadays. They may yearn for society, but it is risky to go around talking to… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image