2,405 Quotes About Cities

  • Author Tupac Shakur
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    Being in Marin City was like a small town so it taught me to be more [straightforward] with my style. Instead of of being so metaphorical with the rhyme, I was encouraged to go straight at it and hit it dead on and not waste time trying to cover thingsIn Marin City it seemed like things were real country. Everything was straightforward. Poverty was straightforward.

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  • Author Vernon L. Smith
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    After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.

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  • Author W. G. Sebald
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    There is something peculiarly dispriting about the emptiness that wells up when, in a strange city, one dials the same telephone numbers in vain.

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  • Author Will Self
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    Some people have human muses - mine is a city. I feel a startling ambivalence towards London, but for better or worse my work has come utterly to depend upon it.

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  • Author William Saroyan
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    No city invites the heart to come to life as San Francisco does. Arrival in San Francisco is an experience in living.

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  • Author William Saroyan
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    If you're alive, you can't be bored in San Francisco. If you're not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life......San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure. It is a city in which the spirit can know refreshment every day.

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