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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
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's every teacher's job to be rigorous about constantly being open to new ideas and innovation.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coltrane came to New Orleans one day and he was talking about the jazz scene. And Coltrane mentions that the problem with jazz was that there were too few groups.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do like to walk a lot. Mostly in New York. When I'm going somewhere, I'd rather just walk there.
- Broader
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- Nov 07, 2020
My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's been really interesting watching people's reactions to the new music, to the old music and also watching how modern young people will be standing in front of something going on like live music, and there's a camera in front of their face.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surfboards were everywhere. When I got my first new board, I was probably in kindergarten.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York and New Jersey are probably two of my favorite places to get really good surf in the summertime.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's always an excitement around the Strip whenever something new being built. It was always the biggest and the best hotel or, you know, over-the-top things. And so, family would be coming in from out of town, and it was such a thrill to be showing them this, you know, erupting new volcano or whatever it was.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts.
- New York
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Humans of New York' did not result from a flash on inspiration. It grew from five years of experimenting, tinkering, and messing up.
- Crazy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I struck upon this kind of crazy idea that I was going to go to New York and stop 10,000 people on the streets and take their portrait and create kind of a photographic census of the city.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The interviews have gotten much longer with 'Humans of New York.' When I was first starting, I was just photographing people. And then I went to just kind of including a quote or two. Now when I'm approaching somebody on the street, I'm spending about 30 to 45 minutes with them often.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each time I arrived in a new city, I'd get lost in the streets and photograph everything that looked interesting, taking nearly a thousand photographs every day. After each day of shooting, I'd select 30 or 40 of my favorite photographs and post them on Facebook. I named the albums after my first impression of each city.
- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I meet somebody in the street who knows about 'Humans of New York,' a lot of times they might have a scripted answer, and that scripted answer is the first thing to come out of their mouth.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020