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I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.

— Francisco Costa

Growing up, I imagined I would come to New York, get married, move to the suburbs and have kids. It just didn't happen that…

— Diana Taylor

I became so disenfranchised, I dropped out of school and I moved to New York.

— Isaac Wright Jr

I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that…

— Candace Bushnell

I dropped out of school for a semester, transferred to another college, switched to an art major, graduated, got married, and for a while…

— James Green Somerville

I graduated high school early, and I moved to New York before I even knew I was going to college or anything.

— Scott Evans

My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.

— Howard Schultz

I picked up and moved to New York with no friends and no job. I moved from New York to L.A. with no friends,…

— Ariana Madix

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and…

— Colin Powell

I've gone to real school my whole life.

— Kathryn Newton

I turned 30 and everyone told me I would feel different and I didn't. So I thought I'd move to New York.

— Ryan Gosling

I was 17 and living on the streets. I had the education of technically an eighth-grader, but in reality, I had never had a…

— Liz Murray