York Quotes · Page 70

Everyone lives under their rocks in L.A., so it takes a long time to find your lane.

— Liberty Ross

It is important to me that I was not raised in Los Angeles.

— Peter Billingsley

In New York, they kind of rode with me from day one: they understand who I am.

— Rakim

New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.

— George Murray

I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.

— John Catsimatidis

In San Francisco, I lived in Bayview-Hunters Point.

— Hunx

Talking about New York is a way of talking about the world.

— Colson Whitehead

I saw New York differently after being in Paris for a few years.

— William Klein

I grew up in Lambeth, I went to normal schools and I've grown up in a city where people say what they…

— Ken Livingstone

The subject [of Los Angeles] became a general metaphor for anxiety and the speed of modern life.

— Edward Ruscha

The Magic Castle is not a place that people know nationally, but as soon as you move to L.A., you hear people…

— Paul Rust

I love L.A. I always have such a great time in L.A. The way I kind of define me and L.A. is…

— Alfonso Cuaron

But my parents picked Ft. Wayne, which was the best decision because if they had brought me to New York or Philly,…

— Heather Headley

I think that I was lucky to have that period of time [ like coming to New York] because everything was so…

— Gena Rowlands

Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill.

— John Lindsay

Most days I love it here. But I do have the odd day where I think, 'Why am I living in L.A.?'…

— Richard Bacon

I was born in the Ottawa General Hospital right after the Gray Cup Football Game in 1939. Six months later, I was…

— Margaret Atwood

I think it's important to live as much of your life as possible in the real world. If you live a life…

— Nina Shaw

“As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid at…

— Bart Giamatti

When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these…

— Larry David

New York is the opposite of East Germany, the crown of individuality. That's why I can work well here and find out…

— Jan Vogler

I don't necessarily notice too much of a change in the sense of the kind of matches that I have in say…

— Adam Cole

I'm not surrounded by the business. That makes all the difference in the world, 'cause it's so easy to get caught up…

— Kristin Kreuk

The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my…

— Lesley Gore

London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful.

— Dorothy Parker

A lot of times, L.A. is desaturated, and cement and freeways, and downtown.

— Dan Gilroy

My dream is to have a bed of my own in Los Angeles and one in Sweden.

— Zara Larsson

I didn't like Los Angeles very much but I like San Francisco.

— Mick Ralphs

New York is full of crazy people, and I like that.

— Jamie Bell

I have always loved Manhattan, the bright lights, the big city!

— Hilary Farr

I love New York. It's my favorite city in the world. I live and work here by choice.

— Shaun King

I love New York. It 'as made me who I am, know what I mean?

— Prodigy

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

— Nelson Algren

I love nyc. It's the city of my birth and probably the most amazing city on the planet.

— Moby

I think I'd work a little more if I lived in L.A.

— Andre Braugher

Montreal is a great town. There's equal parts blue-collar town.

— Jay Baruchel

I never felt so much at home as I do in New York. I must be a devil.

— Brendan Behan

Vehement silhouettes of Manhattan - that vertical city with unimaginable diamonds.

— Le Corbusier

I think of New York as a puree and the rest of the United States as vegetable soup.

— Spalding Gray

I was born in Compton, raised all through the city of Los Angeles.

— YG