- Matter
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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
- New York
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both London and New York are brilliant for theatre.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Teach For America provides one of the most critical pipelines for bringing new talent into public education.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the most interesting New Yorkers are the people who were not born here.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Finding a store that sells synthetic hair in Kigali is easier than locating a Starbucks in New York City without Google Maps.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stay current and draw inspiration from Fashion Week in New York as well as just by scrolling through Instagram. The runways are always a good sign of what's to come, but I also get tons of ideas from real girls on the street.
- Nov 07, 2020
I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Astrology's a moving system that depends on where you're looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down in New Zealand.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of people of my generation in New Zealand literature, young writers on their first or second books, that I'm just really excited about. There seems to be a big gap between the generation above and us; it seems to be quite radically different in terms of form and approach.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The books that really made an impact on me were not set in New Zealand. Some were New Zealand novels, but the New Zealandness of them was not what carried me or excited me.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a New Zealander, but I don't want to swallow New Zealand identity in one gulp.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020