York Quotes
3174 York quotes by 2194 unique authors
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five…
— Questlove
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On the information sheet in a New York hotel, I recently read: 'Dear guest! To guarantee that you will fully enjoy your stay with us,…
— Slavoj Žižek
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As soon as I began to earn what might be called fairly large sums, I bought a car and began to explore the country around…
— Kate Smith
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Mr. Scott Fitzgerald deserves a good shaking. Here is an unmistakable talent unashamed of making itself a motley to the view. The Great Gatsby is…
— Leslie Poles Hartley
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To be a person who loves books is to be half in love with the idea of New York.
— Gwen Cooper
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Sometimes I get the feeling that there are orgies going on all over new York City, and somebody says, `Let's call Desmond,' and somebody else…
— Paul Desmond
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At the end. First start off and do your youth thing In Hollywood and then go to New York later. But it wound up being…
— Delta Burke
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
— Victor Cruz
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I've been very lucky. I wanted to be an actress, but I didn't really have the drive to sell myself. Fortunately I had a terrific…
— Blythe Danner
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The fact that New York continues in the face of all of the chaos, of the crime, of the madness, you just think that it…
— Spalding Gray
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New York City is a great apartment hotel in which everyone lives and no one is at home.
— Glenway Wescott
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New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life.
— Hope Edelman
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I couldn't chance failing in New York yet, letting the city fail me. It was the only place I knew I belonged. If I couldn't…
— Hope Edelman
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An evening up on the Empire State roof-the strangest experience. The huge tomb in steel and glass, the ride to the 84th floor and there,…
— Dawn Powell
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The New York Times credited me with the rediscovery and revival of red velvet cake. I consider this as one of my great life achievements.
— Robert Harling
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To lead the good life in New York, the two most important things for a woman are a chauffeur and a fur-lined raincoat. If you…
— Iris Apfel
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I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.
— Carter Burwell
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I've driven all through America and I know there are a lot of clever people between the coasts. But they have a slightly old-fashioned view…
— Robbie Coltraine
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I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.
— Peter Bart
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My father was a police officer with the New York Police Department; I've always had a high respect for officers. I want to give back…
— Lou Ferrigno
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Things have changed very much, several times, since I grew up, and, like everyone in New York except the intellectuals, I have led several lives…
— Renata Adler
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New York was the inspiration for The Heart of Rock and Roll and Workin for a Livin. There are a lot of songs in the…
— Huey Lewis
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I did theater for a few years while I was in New York, but it was tough having to perform scripts worse than what I…
— Zach Braff
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I came to New York to see what I could see — that's from a children's book, isn't it? — and to find the living…
— Edie Sedgwick
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The politicians of New York have everything that is necessary to make proper decisions and they will have to live with what happens afterwards. The…
— Tom Hayden
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