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Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can't be adding to them yourself by saying you can… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
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I think New York City most represents what it is that America in general aspires to. It's big; it's dense. I've known… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
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I enjoyed being in California for a while. But that's the thing about London: you can't really shake it. I've always had… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
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New York is a fascinating city. I think it's a very inspiring city, but it's overpowering when you get older. It tires… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
I was in New York for a little while, doing some really bad theater. I did some great stuff, too, but there… — Silas Weir Mitchell Copy Share Image
I was a runaway girl from France who married an American and moved to New York City. Im not sure I would… — Louise Bourgeois Copy Share Image
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I was a monster. I don't deny it. I wasn't a monster until a few years ago. But you have to be… — Bernhard Goetz Copy Share Image
I never felt at home. I stuck outIn New York City, especially in Greenwich Village, down among the cranks and the misfits… — Joseph Mitchell Copy Share Image
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I left New York after my mother died and, rather aimlessly, had settled in Istanbul for a change of scene. It was… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
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My wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad,… — Peter Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean, if you look at all the great romantic screwbally kind of movies from the '30s and '40s, they're all in… — Brad Hall Copy Share Image
There are challenges as far as underfunding in various parts of the city. But spirit and sense of community is so much… — Harvey Levin Copy Share Image
People in my village had this mindset that in big cities like New York, if you are lost or without directions, no… — William Kamkwamba Copy Share Image
That's what I love about New York. So many people crowded together, pushing against one another. And that's what I hate about… — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
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San Francisco is one of the great cultural plateaus of the world - one of the really urbane communities in the United… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
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Los Angles is not my favorite city. Well, I shouldn't say that... I love to visit it, on a temporary basis. It's… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
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