2,405 Quotes About Cities

  • Author Elliott Smith
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    I went walking around the city some more, people watching with a cold, blank stare. And I saw your face in everyone, I swear.

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  • Author Eric Sevareid
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    With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The affluent society, with relentless single-minded energy, is turning our cities, most of suburbia and most of our roadways into the most affluent slum on earth.

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  • Author Flip Saunders
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    This is our seventh game in seven different cities in 10 days. This has been a rough stretch and I think the common thing that has happened to us the last three games is that our shooting percentage in the second half is going down, which is usually a sign of dead legs.

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  • Author Flip Saunders
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    Before the season, we said there were going to be two tough stretches -- being on the road so much early and this one, where we are playing 10 games in 10 different cities leading into the break. We knew it would be tough. We're just trying to grind our way through.

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  • Author Gary Shteyngart
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    Every returning New Yorker asks the question: Is this still my city? I have a ready answer, cloaked in obstinate despair: It is. And if it's not, I will love it all the more. I will love it to the point where it becomes mine again.

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  • Author Gary Snyder
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    I don't know of any other city where you can walk through so many culturally diverse neighborhoods, and you're never out of sight of the wild hills. Nature is very close here.

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  • Author Gena Showalter
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    He’s body slammed enough people to start a new country. And there could be a neighbouring city for the people he’s punched in the throat

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