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# Sam Anderson - NY Magazine

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##  Quotes by Sam Anderson - NY Magazine

> [“Imperial is like Robert Caro’s The Power Broker with the attitude of Mike Davis’s City of Quartz, if Robert Caro had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-anderson-ny-magazine/imperial-is-like-robert-caro-s-the-power-broker-with-the-attitude-of/)

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