- Music
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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
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to always do new things because if you stay behind and fight the future, you are just going to be left behind.
- Bootleg
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- Nov 07, 2020
I put out this record on Ninja Tune called 'Florida' when I was about 22. And at the same time, I was DJ'ing and beginning to mix stuff up and promote shows in Philadelphia and New York and my own parties and make mixtapes, put out bootleg white labels.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first started producing, all I had was this little crappy sampler called a S20, which had, like, a minute sample time. I was making crappy beats since I was, like, 17 or 18, using Florida rappers, where I'm from. Then I started DJ'ing because I just wanted to have a new job. I was a schoolteacher for a while, and it was the worst job.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think for me, the imaginary world was always exciting. I started in New York doing theatre, from having just one person in an audience to performing for a full house. I think I've always enjoyed playing different characters, blending into different environments and such.
- New Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
Make your heart bleed! Put your soul into that damn thing. And try new things.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we discover New Earth - a planet we could call home - the question of the 'plurality of worlds' will come front and center, reminding us yet again that we are not the center of the universe.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I joined Lille, they had a new stadium at Marseille. It was the same, so I know how important it is to clubs when they move home.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember perfectly my first trip to New York, when I was on the bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, when I saw the skyscrapers. It was like an incredible dream.
- Department Store
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saks is one of the temples of good-quality products in America. The Saks shop in New York, for me, is the most interesting department store in America.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course China is an important new market for Tod's, and of course we need to succeed commercially. But I believe the way to do that is not to aim to deliver results in the short term by thoughtless expansion, but instead to explain to the Chinese people what our brand is really about.
- Nov 07, 2020
You never know for sure whether a player will adapt to a new country until he gets there.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to be in New York. Le Corbusier described it in the 1930s as a 'wonderful catastrophe.' It is still a wonderful catastrophe, but inspiring.
- Open
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- Nov 07, 2020
With creative people, truly new horizons open up.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation back in 1997 for the purpose of going in and improving the living conditions of my people on the African continent, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo where I came from. Out first mission was to go and build a new hospital. Our next mission was to build a school.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020