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title: "11 York Different Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 11 York Different quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best York Different sayings and thoughts."
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> [People come to New York to be different, but I go to Starbucks to be the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/people-come-to-new-york-to-be-different-but-i-go-to-starbucks-to-be/)

[Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/)

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> [I have to say that New York is so different than the New York in 'Friends.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-viswanathan/i-have-to-say-that-new-york-is-so-different-than-the-new-york-in/)

[Geraldine Viswanathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-viswanathan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/geraldine-viswanathan-34882_friends_i-have-to-say-that-new-york-is-so-differ_1883166.jpg)

> [But in New York, it’s different—even uptown it’s really grand, and there’s no real segregation there. It’s all mixed up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-poots/but-in-new-york-it-s-different-even-uptown-it-s-really-grand-and/)

[Imogen Poots](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-poots/)

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> [You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you, and have different stories, so I see everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-cosmos/you-meet-a-lot-of-people-in-new-york-who-are-different-than-you-and/)

[Frankie Cosmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-cosmos/)

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> [I definitely had an advantage growing up in New York. It's different playing on a New York playground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephon-marbury/i-definitely-had-an-advantage-growing-up-in-new-york-it-s-different/)

[Stephon Marbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephon-marbury/)

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> [I grew up in New York where there is such a different variety of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/selenis-leyva/i-grew-up-in-new-york-where-there-is-such-a-different-variety-of/)

[Selenis Leyva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/selenis-leyva/)

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> [People in Philadelphia are a world apart from New York. They're very different from people in the New York scene. The New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gutfreund/people-in-philadelphia-are-a-world-apart-from-new-york-they-re-very/)

[John Gutfreund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gutfreund/)

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> [New York is a different breed than any other city there is. Media can be very hard on you at times, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-starks/new-york-is-a-different-breed-than-any-other-city-there-is-media-can/)

[John Starks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-starks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/983/john-starks-17467_able_new-york-is-a-different-breed-than-any-o_958697.jpg)

> [I find the aristocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-poots/i-find-the-aristocratic-parts-of-london-so-unattractive-and-angular/)

[Imogen Poots](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-poots/)

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> [One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-chernow/one-of-the-special-characteristics-of-new-york-is-that-it-is/)

[Ron Chernow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-chernow/)

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> [I fell in love with it. Walking around just feels so cinematic. I find the aris- tocratic parts of London so unattractive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-poots/i-fell-in-love-with-it-walking-around-just-feels-so-cinematic-i-find/)

[Imogen Poots](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-poots/)

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