- 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
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
My husband, Steve Hamilton - an actor/producer and co-Director of the Southampton Playwriting Conference - and I had been working in the theatre in New York for many years.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a conservative New England town and showed up to my middle school orientation dressed like 'Clueless' while everyone else was wearing J. Crew and lacrosse uniforms. I never really fit into that preppy look.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
Toronto girls are super interested in skincare, which is actually kind of unique. Because in New York, the girls seem to be mostly interested in makeup.
- New Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am finished with cities. I spent four years in New York, ten in Paris, and I was in Belgrade for a while. To me now they are just airports.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started moving towards Serbia when I felt my country, Yugoslavia, was being taken away from me. My feeling of nationality was not as strong as those around me who were attaching themselves to these absurd new entities.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm constantly saying, 'I read a fascinating article in 'The New Yorker'... ' I say it so often that sometimes I think I have nothing interesting to say myself, I merely regurgitate 'The New Yorker.'
- First Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York is the first place I have ever felt safe.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only when human sorrows are turned into a toy with glaring colors will baby people become interested - for a while at least. The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian.
- Panic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes new spouses don't fully process the commitment they've made until after the deal is done, and then they panic.
- Expectations
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of new stepparents fall into the trap of letting children disobey household expectations in order to gain favor with them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always tell people, 'Take a class or volunteer.' It really helps you get out of your own little pocket of people you always see and gets you exposed to a new group of people.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020