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York Quotes by Elwyn Brooks White
- A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn…
- It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live…
- It is a miracle that New York works at all. The whole thing is implausible.
- New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white…
- Dentistry is more impressive in town-what the rural man calls cleaning the teeth is called "prophylaxis" in New York.
- There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city…
- new york provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing.
- The subtlest change in New York is something people don't speak much about but that is in everyone's mind. The city, for the first time…
- The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is a hoyden we would not care to miss-a drafty wench,…
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- I really like my life right now. I have friends around me all the time. I’ve started painting more. I’ve been working… — Taylor Swift
- The wise people are in New York because the foolish went there first, that's the way the wise men make a living. — Finley Peter Dunne
- Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one of the… — Paul Auster
- On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam… — Diane Ackerman
- As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times.… — Kevin Bacon
- The Hamptons are usually filled with what I had hoped to leave behind in New York City. — Mario Batali
- We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply. — Michael Bloomberg