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Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. — Judith Viorst
New York is only 97 miles from Philadelphia but was the Big Time as no other American city has ever been. — Ethel Waters
Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and… — Olivia Wilde
Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey. — Robert Anton Wilson
No matter whether one is flying over Newfoundland or the sea of lights that stretches from Boston to Philadelphia after nightfall, over the Arabian deserts… — W G Sebald
All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia — W.C. Fields
Brooklyn was like Philadelphia made better by its proximity to Manhattan. — Jonathan Franzen
Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night — W.C. Fields
D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Austin... and you. I'll be there soon. — Sarah Dessen
In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents? — Mark Twain
I told myself it was the snow—she couldn’t possibly get to Philadelphia on the roads. I told myself a hundred lies. Children do that. It’s… — Libba Bray
I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New York… — John Gallagher, Jr.
Philadelphia loves its team, and being able to win a World Series for the city, fans, players and our Phillies organization meant so much to… — Pat Gillick
I have quite a few good friends in Philadelphia who were police officers. — Bobby Seale
I descend from both Philadelphia Quakers and Carolina colonists whose families were separated by the Revolutionary War. That helped give me insight into the agony… — Edward Rutherfurd
I grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a little town, and went to a regular high school. I was a... very average student in that… — I. King Jordan
We were in Philadelphia when Manager Pat shifted me from third to short, and right off the bat, I knew I had found my dish.… — Bobby Wallace
The Philadelphia/New York world of the music business is a tough place to be. — Daryl Hall
In the days when regional music was very clearly defined and had a clear personality - Memphis, Detroit, Chicago, whatever - Philadelphia had a tradition… — John Oates
I had teachers in high school to point me in the direction of the University of Indiana School of Music, and after IU, I went… — Ailyn Perez
I can play anywhere. First, third, left field, anywhere but Philadelphia. — Richie Allen
My first recording, a guy came down to Philadelphia and heard me play and he introduced me to Alfred Lion. — Jimmy Smith
The Constitution was written by 55 educated and highly intelligent men in Philadelphia in 1787, but it was written so that it could be understood… — John Jay Hooker
More than 54,000 jobs in the region are dependent upon the Port of Philadelphia alone. — Robert Brady
When I read that the British army had landed thirty-two thousand troops - and I had realized, not very long before, that Philadelphia only had… — David McCullough

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