2,405 Quotes About Cities

  • Author John Vinocur
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    No one has the right to change Paris, the protesters say, and argue that the city is the patrimony of all mankind.

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  • Author Jules Verne
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    During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland

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  • Author Kurt Vonnegut
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    The city was blacked out because bombers might come, so Billy didn't get to see Dresden do one of the most cheerful things a city can do when the sun goes down, which is to wink its lights on one by one.

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  • Author Lawrence Vale
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    We're trying to conceive of a system aimed at reuniting communities through communications technology, ... The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover From Disaster.

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  • Author Matthew Vaughn
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    People in LA seem to have no concept of the time outside of their city. I've been trained for thirty years in the film industry of having whether its agents, lawyers, actors, or whoever calling up all night.

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  • Author Paul Vixie
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    The war won't be over until the last spammer's head is stuck onto a spear at the city limits.

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  • Author Sarah Vowell
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    In the U.S.A., we want to sing along with the chorus and ignore the verses, ignore the blues. . . No one is going to hold up a cigarette lighter in a stadium to the tune of "mourn together, suffer together." City on a hill, though -- that has a backbeat we can dance to. And that's why the citizens of the United States not only elected and reelected Ronald Reagan; that's why we ARE Ronald Reagan.

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  • Author Swami Vivekananda
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    In these days of intellectual awakening and steadily asserting public opinion, the holy places of the Hindus, their condition, and method of work have not escaped tile keen eye of criticism; and this city, being the holy of holies to all Hindus, has not failed to attract its full share of censure.

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