- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
New Quotes
On fresh starts, new cities and beginning again.
Many of the quotes here trace what's new: a new city, a new circle of people, a new chapter after school. Several reflect specifically on relocating and adjusting to a very different pace of life. For more on that theme, see our City quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fans
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy being in New York. I have so many fans here that sing all my songs from start to finish.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
- Flooded
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- Nov 07, 2020
After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a flooded house that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control, I didn't expect to survive at all.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I'll hike in the afternoon if I have meetings with New York in the morning.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was Muslim, and my mom is Christian, and we moved from New Orleans to Oakland, so I always had this appreciation for different cultures.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Holocaust survivors came to Israel in order to establish a new human society where nobody would be able to hurt them just because they're Jewish. This is both a furious and vulnerable message.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not particularly fond of Shoah jokes, yet there is one I cannot forget: Why was Auschwitz an optimistic place? Because all the pessimists were already in New York by then.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it.
- New Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
People don't really know, before we debuted on TV as The New Day, we did shows on the weekends at the live events for maybe six months as The New Day just so we could get our chemistry down and see what works in the ring, what didn't.
- Art Forms
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, there are so many art forms in wrestling. There's the Ring of Honor art, the New Japan art, so whatever you enjoy, there's a facet of wrestling out there for you to watch.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in South Jamaica, Queens, in New York. My parents were very religious churchgoing people. They were very strict. I was never really allowed to indulge in anything vain. Modesty always. I have three brothers and two sisters, so everything was on a budget.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world?
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020