Nyc Quotes

• Wyclef is a musician that tried to unite as many musicians at once as possible. I am trying to be successful at that. The greatest challenge is that, I just got arrested for protesting in NYC for cutting the school budgets... And I think that it's important to stand up. Schools are important.

  Wyclef Jean

  School, Cutting, Successful

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• There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Travel, New York, Sleep

  Simone de Beauvoir (2000). “America Day by Day”, p.18, Univ of California Press

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• I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline.

  Ayn Rand

  New York, Sunset, Sight

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.423, Penguin

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• I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'

  Robert De Niro

  New York, Rome, Cities

  "Robert De Niro: the ultimate viewing guide" by Angie Errigo, www.empireonline.com. February 23, 2016.

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• I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.

  Greta Gerwig

  New York, Cities, Excited

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• New York is like that perfect lover that just won't commit but he's so good that you hang around anyway, NYC is dreamy!

  Bevy Smith

  New York, Perfect, Lovers

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• NYC, You Inspire Me to never stop exploring the endless possibilities of food.

  Mike Lee

  Inspire, Possibility, Endless Possibilities

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• New York City is just one node on the global cultural scene. Social media reflects the state of the world, so I've become more devoted to that. To be a NYC artist feels local and small. Social media feels now.

  Kenneth Goldsmith

  New York, Artist, Media

  Source: logger.believermag.com

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• Breaking News: Winds so strong in NYC The Statue of Liberty's gown just blew off!

  Kevin Nealon

  Strong, Wind, Liberty

  Twitter post from Oct 29, 2012

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• I love nyc. It's the city of my birth and probably the most amazing city on the planet.

  Moby

  Cities, Birth, Most Amazing

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 5, 2014.

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• I am a different person in NYC. My energy is way different. I just make sense here.

  David Burtka

  Energy, Different, Way

  Twitter post from Feb 03, 2014

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• If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza. I love a slice when I'm in NYC, but it's like eating a Slim Jim compared with a filet mignon. One slice of Gino's East stuffed sausage pizza is a bigger meal than an entire New York pie.

  Nick Offerman

  New York, Pie, Style

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• If you are in NYC and you only do one thing culturally go and see Carol Lipnik at Pangea. If you love music and appreciate great songwriting and singing, if you came to NYC to experience magical happenings in tiny rooms that could never happen anyplace else in the world, if you dreamed of intimate nights surrounded by smart, talented, interesting people, this is what you're here for.
  Now DON'T MISS IT!!!!

  Justin Vivian Bond

  Smart, Night, People

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• When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like I'm on my way to a lot more, but mogul is a really serious thing. I think it's a word that gets thrown around easily.

  Tyra Banks

  Thinking, Serious Things, Moguls

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• I've had the hat for four years and it keeps getting better with age. It's been in the ocean and the pool several times, yet refuses to be destroyed. The shape only improved with weathering. I bought several for my storefront in NYC, but it felt like a fish out of water in the city. It cries out for the California coastline and the arid deserts of Africa.

  Andy Spade

  Ocean, Years, Cities

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• There's a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary.

  Trevor Dunn

  Musician, Lists, Reason

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• My first job in NYC was playing a gig in the early nineties at CBGBs.

  James Iha

  Jobs, Cbgb, Firsts

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• I did in fact take a couple of classes at my local college here in NYC. But I did it unwillingly and without enthusiasm. That is until a protest broke out in the streets around campus against rising tuition costs.

  Lewis Schiff

  Couple, College, Class

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• My first album was called Seven Waves, and was directly inspired by the ocean, and the ocean has been a leitmotif in my music. Nature was my inspiration even in NYC, because I needed that balance - I would travel out to nature. I loved the big city, I loved the energy, but I needed the balance.

  Suzanne Ciani

  Ocean, Inspiration, Cities

  "Orchestrating The Sunrise: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani Interviewed". Interview with Danny Riley, thequietus.com. September 13, 2016.

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• I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC.

  Adrian Grenier

  Roots, Entertainment, Neighborhood

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• I went to a college in New York called New Paltz. I studied theater there for four years. I also studied privately in NYC with a teacher named Robert X. Modica.

  Aida Turturro

  Teacher, New York, College

  "'The Sopranos' Aida Turturro talks about fighting hunger and her hit show". Live chat, www.cnn.com. March 20, 2001.

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• When I was starting out there was no Internet, there wasn't this sense that you could be connected to other writers around the world. And that created a kind of innocence, or parochial quality, even in NYC.

  Dani Shapiro

  Quality, World, Starting Out

  Source: therumpus.net

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• My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one in charge of the words.

  Julianna Baggott

  Actresses, Wanted, Ten

  Interview with Roxane Gay, therumpus.net. May 11, 2012.

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• I don't watch much TV because I'm a very active person. I get up early. I love cooking, walking around NYC, hanging with friends. I looooove going out to restaurants of all sorts. I just dig exploring.

  Tina Parol

  Up Early, Cooking, Watches

  Source: www.fanbolt.com

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• When I was young, I wanted to be a movie star. But I realized that you have no control being an actor. So I went to architecture school in NYC, because I was crazy about buildings. Then I began to realize that I got more excited about Vogue coming out each month than I was about my projects.

  Tom Ford

  Stars, Crazy, School

  Interview with Daisy Garnett, nymag.com.

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