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101 Yorker quotes by 91 unique authors

I'm going to do whatever I have to do to help a New Yorker, whether it's a girl on the street or a tenant in… — Christine Quinn
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my… — J D Salinger
The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding. — John Updike
At first, writing for The New Yorker was very scary to me. I couldn't imagine anything that I would write in that typeface. — David Sedaris
Every returning New Yorker asks the question: Is this still my city? I have a ready answer, cloaked in obstinate despair: It is. And if… — Gary Shteyngart
In a subway car, my skin would typically fall in the middle of the color spectrum. On street corners, tourists would ask me for directions.… — Mohsin Hamid
You can do what you like, sir, but I'll tell you this. New York is the true capital of America. Every New Yorker knows it,… — Edward Rutherfurd
I'll show Luke I can fit into the city. I'll show him I can be a true New Yorker. I'll go the gym, and then… — Sophie Kinsella
I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
I lived in New York my whole life. Like every New Yorker, I have stories about spending summers on the Jersey shore, riding the roller… — Marissa Jaret Winokur
I definitely feel like a native New Yorker. My personality was formed there. — Nicole Holofcener
As a New Yorker, or wherever I am, I just want to know I can get our of the house in five minutes if I… — Natasha Lyonne
The more traumatic events you endure with the city, the more of a New Yorker you become. — Trevor Moore
You have to be a xenophile at heart to be a true New Yorker. — Chris Diamantopoulos
I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV… — Becki Newton
A New Yorker is anyone who has the guts to really live in the city. — Rita Ora
I grew up in Chelsea on 22nd Street... I am really a native New Yorker. — Matt McGorry
The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on a fluke, and they took… — James Welch
I am a New Yorker. — Connie Stevens
I lived in New York for 10 years, and every New Yorker sees a shrink. — Meg Rosoff
'LIFE'is like a 'CRICKET' match know it. 'HITTING'century is 'SUCCESS' do it. 'YORKER' is a problem 'FACE' it. 'BOUNCER' is failure 'LEAVE' it. 'FULL TOSS'… — Shivanand Desai
It's a project that touched me as an immigrant and as a New Yorker. — Daniel Libeskind
The debate about the war seems pretty robust and free. Many publications, from the New Yorker to the Nation, feel perfectly comfortable printing anti-American articles… — Rich Lowry
The New Yorker has devoted itself for 59 years not only to facts and literal accuracy but to truth. And truth begins, journalistically, with the… — William Shawn
I am a New Yorker. Every pore, every hair on my body is a New Yorker. I love the noise. I love the dirt. I… — Lea Michele

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