- New York
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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
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd forgotten what it was like to play music and have it be fun so I decided to stop. I wasn't even sure if I was going to make a new record, I was just kinda quitting.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The absolute base-level thing that you do as a new screenwriter is send out query letters. Literally, you just say, 'Hi, Mr. So-and-So,' and you give them a one-sentence description of one of your scripts. You send it out to a list of people you found on the Internet.
- Ethnic Background
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started writing, most of the police department in New York City, especially above the rank of detective, were Irish, Irish-American. I thought it would be more interesting... to use the actual ethnic background in New York City at the time.
- Hampshire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Immigration, of course, in New Hampshire is - it's not something that you see every day. It's not like talking about it in Texas, where people have a much more explicit sense of it.
- Frequent
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- Nov 07, 2020
In China, inaugurations are frequent affairs, though they have nothing to do with presidents. A news cycle rarely passes without some fanfare over the inaugural ride on a new subway line or the inaugural trip across an unusually large bridge.
- Cards
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- Nov 07, 2020
By the Nineties, so many people were moonlighting and creating their own professional identities that China generated a brisk new business in the printing of business cards.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not like, I don't know, if Madonna has a new record out, then everybody from Bangkok to Birmingham knows what its called and can buy it the same week. But our stuff is not in that mass market.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're going somewhere international, try to learn a little bit of the language. It goes a long way to be able to introduce yourself, ask for things, and even say hello to someone in a new country!
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Otherwise, I spend a lot of time at my boyfriend's home in the country, in New Jersey.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
The food in New York is absolutely fabulous. There's always something new around the corner!
- Motherhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
New motherhood is such a vulnerable and powerful time, but it's also really hard.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020