City Quote by John Waters Download Open image “In the 1960s, if you could save $500, you had enough to move to another city and start a new life.” — John Waters ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare City Enough Life New New life Start
I came to New York with $500. That was a lot of money because my allowance was 50 cents. — Ann Reinking Copy Share Image
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I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town. — Norm Dicks Copy Share Image
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I have to say that in 1981, making those decisions, I felt like I was providing enough freedom for 10 years. That is, a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
My dad was focused on trying to get a guaranteed annual income for all people in 1968, shortly before he was killed. He did… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I'd read about Los Angeles and this fact stuck in my mind: that the city gained 1,000 new people every day. In 1956! A… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
In several quarters in the 2000s, if you added up all the private savings of everyone in the United States, it was less than… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
More and more lower-middle-income families either live their lives in debt or leave the city altogether. The boom is strictly at the penthouse level. — George Steiner Copy Share Image
If we are to begin to try and understand life as it will be in 1960, we must begin by realizing that food, clothing… — John Langdon-Davies Copy Share Image
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm here today because of LSD. LSD gave me the confidence to be who I am today. Completely. — John Waters Copy Share Image
When I was young, there were bars called the 'Hungry Hole,' and in those same neighbourhoods are now gay people pushing baby carriages. — John Waters Copy Share Image
True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks. — John Waters Copy Share Image
Around '62 in Baltimore, all the girls had those big hairdos. And then suddenly, a few of the really hip ones started doing their… — John Waters Copy Share Image
“John!?” I ask in shock. This woman recognizes me? It can’t be! “How do you know my name?” I wonder out loud. Suddenly she looks nervous. “Well … you don’t recognize me?” I stare at her quizzically and she smiles sweetly and then says the one word that explains it all. “Eggs!” she cries in the most identifiable voice in the… — John Waters Copy Share
'Serial Mom' tested really well when we finally got with the right audience. But they would go to some shopping mall in a deep,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
One Christmas, Dennis Dermody, the movie critic of 'Paper,' gave me 'Rock Hudson: A Gathering of Friends,' the master invitation list from Rock Hudson's… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you. — John Waters Copy Share Image
To use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste. I've always thanked my mother for that. She taught how to… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm an old person because I still buy DVDs. I have every one of my albums and 45s - I even have a couple… — John Waters Copy Share Image
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Though 'Fat City' was written long before cellphones or the Internet, its human apparatus is state of the art. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
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We have an obligation at the local level to do everything we can with the resources we have. And we do those things. But… — Ted Wheeler Copy Share Image