- 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
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's always the joy of the performance and fine-tuning new interpretations. Over the years, we've all grown as musicians, so obviously there is a lot of subtlety that wasn't there in the first place.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that New York City in the year 1900 was a very difficult place to survive.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
With every new class of representatives that comes to Congress, there is a greater recognition of the perils of private financing of campaigns. I believe that by pulling back the curtain on the daily pressures faced by members of Congress, we can show the public how critical this reform is to the salvation of our democracy.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sex and the City changed New York-New York's become a big shoe store now, unfortunately.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York used to be so much more than just a place to shop. It was life on the street for the eccentrics; it was an eccentric city. It had many different tastes. Now it's just one - a really rich one - with big tall glass buildings.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People are so phobic and crazed about this word 'commitment.' It's weird. Everyone has taken this word to a new height of morality.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always found music inspired me in the studio to try to do new things. If someone comes out with a new album, it's like, 'Gosh, they've been working hard - so should I.'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love New Orleans.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being from North Carolina, it's kind of slow-paced. There's not too much going on there, whereas in New Orleans, there's always something going on. I just love all the people, going out to dinner and enjoying anything I want.
- Greenwich Village
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live in Greenwich Village in New York City, but I rarely write at home, where there's too much else to do.
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- Nov 07, 2020
After years of working on books, I eventually took a more business-oriented job, for the same sorts of reasons that most people take most new jobs: fancier title, higher pay, opportunities for advancement.
- Dozens
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- Nov 07, 2020
I use an e-reader when I'm traveling: I love carrying dozens of books on a small lightweight device, and I'm still amazed every time I purchase and immediately start reading a new title without leaving my hotel room - in another country!
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the writers in TV are from L.A. or New York, and those are places where people are cynical and snarky. And they fly from L.A. to New York in an airplane over this vast, expansive land where people aren't snarky; they're a lot more like the 'Parks and Rec' characters.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020