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344 Urban quotes by 296 unique authors

I’m going to check the world’s best source for spawning new urban legends, the Internet. What, you thought I couldn’t even type? The Web is… — Nalo Hopkinson
Visitation Street is urban opera writ large. Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochoda’s voice recalls Richard Price, Junot Diaz, and… — Dennis Lehane
Socialism is not about big concepts and heavy theory. Socialism is about decent shelter for those who are homeless. It is about water for those… — Chris Hani
The impact of NCDs is not only affecting the urban populations but also rural poor. This is compounding the basic problem of poverty. — Marty Natalegawa
Urban public space is a stage for viewing the field of graphic design in its diversity. A mix of voices, from advertising to activism, compete… — Ellen Lupton
At the risk of quoting Mephistopheles I repeat: Welcome to hell. A hell erected and maintained by human-governments, and blessed by black robed judges. A… — Mumia Abu-Jamal
Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offering an aggressive definition and identity… — Dave Reichert
The economic distress of America's inner cities may be the most pressing issue facing the nation. The lack of businesses and jobs in disadvantaged urban… — Michael Porter
Consider the trivial but revealing hallmarks of urban hipsterdom: faux vintage photography, the handlebar mustache, and vinyl record players all hark back to an earlier… — Peter Thiel
Deeply disturbing in a way that only the most honest stories are, YACCUB is a fiercely written, daring journey through America's urban wilderness and into… — Brandon Massey
One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who's come up from the streets. Not just any… — Geoffrey Canada
The Vienna Franks are a good example of urban white acid folk revivalism crossed with ska. — Douglas Coupland
Although they are some of the hardest working folks I know, rural Americans earn, on average, $11,000 less than their urban counterparts each year. And… — Tom Vilsack
I received a grant from The Ford Foundation to write a book for kids about urban perception, or how people experience cities, but I kept… — Norton Juster
Not until the beginning of the 20th century did Europe's urban populations finally become self-sustaining: before then, constant immigration of healthy peasants from the countryside… — Jared Diamond
The slurbs, urban sprawl, and the infinite number, of housing developments of the postwar boom have contributed to the architecture of entropy. — Robert Smithson
Members of the Academy are mostly urban people. We are an urban nation. We are not a rural nation. It's not easy even to get… — Larry McMurtry
Once I have the finished sculpture, I’ll put it out on the street or in nature or somewhere where it interacts with the environment. Really… — Mark Jenkins
Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free… — David Guterson
I love going to Topshop, Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, I'm in love with their jackets. — Chloe Grace Moretz
I hope to focus on what I'm passionate about because I think I'd do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and… — Jenna Bush
Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems… — Alan Dundes
I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction, collaboration… — Helmut Jahn
I've never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building. — Helmut Jahn
Streets moderate the form and structure and comfort of urban communities. — Allan Jacobs

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