- Lucky
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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
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You never really own a diamond. You just get to keep it for a while before it begins a new journey with someone else.
- Jewelry
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look at Deco jewelry, I see the New York skyline - the Chrysler Building.
- Discarded
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- Nov 07, 2020
I befriended a homeless man five years ago, bought him a new set of teeth, helped him get his life on track. A writer for 'Elle' spent two hours talking to this guy and discarded almost everything he said. When the story came out, we both were weeping while reading it on the street!
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
New Zealand was one of the most beautiful countries to drive through for the scenery and the vast scale of the place.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to think you should keep on experimenting and seeing new things. But after seeing a lot of the world, I now tend to return to the same spots. I enjoy the familiarity.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a 'runaway girl' from France who married an American and moved to New York City. I'm not sure I would have continued as an artist had I remained in Paris because of the family setup.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really would rather have gone to New York, since all my training had been in theater, but I didn't have the guts to go there alone. I knew only one person in New York, and that was a man. What I needed was a woman. That's the way Southern girls thought.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I start a new novel, it seems like an impossible undertaking. If I tried to do too much too quickly, I would get lost and feel overwhelmed. I have to go slow, and give things a chance to take form and grow.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think of a book and a play, or a book and a movie, as two separate things - I don't think of it as my novel having a new life.
- Nov 07, 2020
As a BBC broadcaster, I really do hope that the new incarnation of 'Top Gear' with Chris Evans does well.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was president of the schools in junior high and high school, got a scholarship to New York University, played a little basketball, and was a celebrity.
- New York
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even though I studied in New York and I know the American system, I come from France where I learned that with movies in France where the director is king. There's no such thing as a studio edit. It's the director's cut, period.
- Discredit
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- Nov 07, 2020