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City Quotes

My earliest thought, long before I was in high school, was just to go away, get out of my house, get out of my city. I went to Medford High School, but even in grade school and junior high, I fantasized about leaving Picture Quote #1

I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do ‘A Little Night Music’ out of the New York City Opera Picture Quote #1

Obviously my own work comes from a conceptual art tradition, but I love the graffiti artists, and I feel spiritually closer to them than to most contemporary art; they make the city a free space of diverse voices and we shouldn’t get all cynical about them just because Banksy made some money. I collaborate sometimes with Krae, who is an old school east London graffiti writer Picture Quote #1

My mother’s parents, Bernard and Rivka Levine, were from Russia and also immigrated to New York City. My mother, Rose, was the elder of their two daughters. My maternal grandmother’s family included several scholars and professionals Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been in love with Melbourne. When I was 12, I was taken into the city by my grandmother to go to the ballet for the first time Picture Quote #1

I would leave school every day and walk to my grandparents’ house under the El because everyone worked. I was 6 and walking home alone from school. It was a different city and a different time Picture Quote #1

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Since Reagan there has been this tradition, which has become a cliche, of promising morning in America, this fake optimism, we’re the best, the city on the hill. In fact the great American task is self-scrutiny Picture Quote #1

I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city Picture Quote #1

A great city with water barriers and no bridges is like a skyscraper with no elevators. Bridges are a monument to progress Picture Quote #1

All urbanization, pushed beyond a certain point, automatically becomes suburbanization.... Every great city is just a collection of suburbs. Its inhabitantsdo not live in their city; they merely inhabit it Picture Quote #1

Portland is a really great city, especially because I’m a shopper and there’s no sales tax! That really adds up so fast, because in California, a $1000 pair of shoes ends up costing another $100 Picture Quote #1

If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere Picture Quote #1

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I love Chicago. I know Chicago. And Chicago is a great city. It can be a great city. It can’t be a great city if people are shot walking down the street for a loaf of bread Picture Quote #1

When you know that language, it’s easy to believe that someone in the world awaits you, whether it’s in the middle of the desert or in some great city... without such love, one’s dreams would have no meaning Picture Quote #1

Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who without favor, without fear, In the great city dares to stand, The friend of every friendless beast Picture Quote #1

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken out in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or where it will end Picture Quote #1

I love Calgary. It’s a great city. I enjoyed my time there, quite a bit. Shooting and filming in that cold could be very difficult, at times. When you’re shooting nights, and it’s 3 in the morning and minus 35 degrees, that’s hard to work in Picture Quote #1

We have to have armies! We have to have military power! We have to have police forces, whether it’s police in a great city or police in an international scale to keep those madmen from taking over the world and robbing the world of its liberties Picture Quote #1

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In the great city of San Francisco, where I used to live, at 2 in the morning every other Victorian house has somebody who is writing the great American novel. And the city is not loaded with James Joyces or Virginia Woolfs. But entrepreneurship is about distorted views of reality Picture Quote #1

I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself - I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere Picture Quote #1

I was born in the small city of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, in 1948. My parents were family physicians. My grandfather and great grandfather on my mother’s side were geologists Picture Quote #1

In our national mythology, we seem to include only one-way migrations to the great capitol cities. The journey from the small Wisconsin town or Minnesota city to Chicago or New York or Los Angeles. Certainly for some people, that journey is a round trip Picture Quote #1

Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked Picture Quote #1

New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent Picture Quote #1

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In New York City, a lot of people think ‘the great outdoors’ is the area between your front door and a taxi cab Picture Quote #1

The City of London and Wall Street are not going to be great places to be in the next two or three decades. It’s going to be the people who produce real goods in charge Â” the farmers and the miners Picture Quote #1

The world’s greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn’t afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most Picture Quote #1

I think that anyone who lives in New York, who’s lived here, who’s spent any time here, knows that it’s basically a love-hate relationship, you might say. Even though I still think it’s the greatest city in the world and I wouldn’t live anywhere else, there’re still things about it one doesn’t like. The love far outweighs the negative Picture Quote #1

New York being the greatest walking city in the world, I tend to walk everywhere as long as I am afforded the time Picture Quote #1

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My earliest thought, long before I was in high school, was just to go away, get out of my house, get out of my city. I went to Medford High School, but even in grade school and junior high, I fantasized about leaving. (City Quotes) I graduated from high school early so I could move to New York to do ‘A Little Night Music’ out of the New York City Opera. (City Quotes) Obviously my own work comes from a conceptual art tradition, but I love the graffiti artists, and I feel spiritually closer to them than to most contemporary art; they make the city a free space of diverse voices and we shouldn’t get all cynical about them just because Banksy made some money. I collaborate sometimes with Krae, who is an old school east London graffiti writer. (City Quotes) My mother’s parents, Bernard and Rivka Levine, were from Russia and also immigrated to New York City. My mother, Rose, was the elder of their two daughters. My maternal grandmother’s family included several scholars and professionals. (City Quotes) I’ve always been in love with Melbourne. When I was 12, I was taken into the city by my grandmother to go to the ballet for the first time. (City Quotes) I would leave school every day and walk to my grandparents’ house under the El because everyone worked. I was 6 and walking home alone from school. It was a different city and a different time. (City Quotes) Since Reagan there has been this tradition, which has become a cliche, of promising morning in America, this fake optimism, we’re the best, the city on the hill. In fact the great American task is self-scrutiny. (City Quotes) I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city. (City Quotes) A great city with water barriers and no bridges is like a skyscraper with no elevators. Bridges are a monument to progress. (City Quotes) All urbanization, pushed beyond a certain point, automatically becomes suburbanization.... Every great city is just a collection of suburbs. Its inhabitantsdo not live in their city; they merely inhabit it. (City Quotes) Portland is a really great city, especially because I’m a shopper and there’s no sales tax! That really adds up so fast, because in California, a $1000 pair of shoes ends up costing another $100. (City Quotes) If we’re going to talk about transport, I would say that the great city is not the one that has highways, but one where a child on a tricycle or bicycle can go safely everywhere. (City Quotes) I love Chicago. I know Chicago. And Chicago is a great city. It can be a great city. It can’t be a great city if people are shot walking down the street for a loaf of bread. (City Quotes) When you know that language, it’s easy to believe that someone in the world awaits you, whether it’s in the middle of the desert or in some great city... without such love, one’s dreams would have no meaning. (City Quotes) Among the noblest in the land - Though man may count himself the least - That man I honor and revere, Who without favor, without fear, In the great city dares to stand, The friend of every friendless beast. (City Quotes) Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken out in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or where it will end. (City Quotes) I love Calgary. It’s a great city. I enjoyed my time there, quite a bit. Shooting and filming in that cold could be very difficult, at times. When you’re shooting nights, and it’s 3 in the morning and minus 35 degrees, that’s hard to work in. (City Quotes) We have to have armies! We have to have military power! We have to have police forces, whether it’s police in a great city or police in an international scale to keep those madmen from taking over the world and robbing the world of its liberties. (City Quotes) In the great city of San Francisco, where I used to live, at 2 in the morning every other Victorian house has somebody who is writing the great American novel. And the city is not loaded with James Joyces or Virginia Woolfs. But entrepreneurship is about distorted views of reality. (City Quotes) I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself - I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere. (City Quotes) I was born in the small city of Hobart in Tasmania, Australia, in 1948. My parents were family physicians. My grandfather and great grandfather on my mother’s side were geologists. (City Quotes) In our national mythology, we seem to include only one-way migrations to the great capitol cities. The journey from the small Wisconsin town or Minnesota city to Chicago or New York or Los Angeles. Certainly for some people, that journey is a round trip. (City Quotes) Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked. (City Quotes) New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent. (City Quotes) In New York City, a lot of people think ‘the great outdoors’ is the area between your front door and a taxi cab. (City Quotes) The City of London and Wall Street are not going to be great places to be in the next two or three decades. It’s going to be the people who produce real goods in charge Â” the farmers and the miners. (City Quotes) We’ve seen the kind of social impact a professional sports team has on a city. A team brings high-profile role models into your community who are healthy and they’re great images for the city to gravitate toward, especially for kids. (City Quotes) The world’s greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn’t afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most. (City Quotes) I think that anyone who lives in New York, who’s lived here, who’s spent any time here, knows that it’s basically a love-hate relationship, you might say. Even though I still think it’s the greatest city in the world and I wouldn’t live anywhere else, there’re still things about it one doesn’t like. The love far outweighs the negative. (City Quotes) New York being the greatest walking city in the world, I tend to walk everywhere as long as I am afforded the time. (City Quotes)

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