Cities Quote by Stephen Birmingham

“A great many people go after success simply for the shiny prizes it brings...And nowhere is it pursued more ardently than in the city of New York.” quote by Stephen Birmingham — Download Open image

“A great many people go after success simply for the shiny prizes it brings...And nowhere is it pursued more ardently than in the city of New York.”

Stephen Birmingham

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“Sophisticated New Yorkers complained that their city had none of the exuberance and spectacle of Paris—no Place de l’Étoile, no Place de la Concorde,…

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