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- Nov 07, 2020
Bustle Quotes
City noise, costume changes and calmer retreats
This collection of bustle quotes contrasts expectations of loud city energy, like Tokyo compared to New York, with calmer everyday realities. See our Become quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026
- Become
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had become shy of life's bustle in my solitary retreat and was apprehensive at the thought of facing the world.
- Calm
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had thought that Tokyo would be like New York City, but it wasn't. I'd imagined that they'd be similar in their bustle and noise level, but, in fact, Tokyo is a very calm metropolis. The bright lights and hectic night-life images so often found in advertisements and Western media do not reflect every day Japan.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played Simone, the French tutor for the daughter of a rich Manhattan couple, who goes to a costume ball as Marie Antoinette. While everyone else in 'CSI' races around in police gear, I had to wear a ballgown and bustle and two wigs. It was very heavy on the make-up side.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love getting back to Wivenhoe. I get out of my wig, bustle and costume in three minutes flat at the end of the play before jumping into a taxi outside the theater and catching the train home.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The New York Public Library is a wonderful gem. I go there to get away from the bustle of the city. They have an incredible collection of menus from all over the city.
- Busy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live in a town called Beerwah, right in the middle of Australia Zoo. It's not hustle and bustle and busy, so that's helpful. We travel all over the world, but I've always been able to come home and run around in the middle of the Australian outback.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020