3,292 Quotes About New-york


  • Author Pharrell Williams
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    Tokyo is like the New York of Asia. Although the people there are all basically from Japan, they celebrate what they like about various cultures.

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  • Author Rachel Weisz
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    I moved to New York last year and I love it. It's a huge change and I've always wanted to spend time there. It's like a more intense London, and everything's up a few notches. The lights are brighter, the pace is faster and the food's better.

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  • Author Ralph Vaughan Williams
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    There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great artistic experiences. I had the same experience when I first heard an English folksong, when I first saw Michelangelo's Day and Night, when I suddenly came upon Stonehenge or had my first sight of New York City - the intuition that I had been there already.

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  • Author Ray Walston
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    You could walk the streets, no matter how hungry people were, not matter how long theyd been out of jobs, you could walk the streets, you could ride the subways in New York, and you would not get knocked in the head.

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  • Author Ricky Williams
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    If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.

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  • Author Robert Wyatt
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    I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.

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  • Author Robin Williams
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    Shooting in New York is the shiznit, if I may be so bold. It was great. New York is a character. People who live here know that.

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  • Author Rufus Wainwright
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    New York is not the centre for American culture and art that it once was because of the forces of conservatism. Giuliani, capitalism - and then there was 9/11. I really believe that if I leave, it will suffer! Maybe that's why I love it here, because I feel wanted.

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