- Old
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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
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Performing in each city is a different experience. But somehow, New York is unique. It is like performing in the entertainment capital of the world.
- New Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been rebellious, but that is because I've wanted to do different things, try out new things.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative policy and which gives expression to the views of the trade union movement in parliament.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it's good to do something that you've never done before, so yesterday, I went out to buy Elton John's new album.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
Give me the new thing and give it to me now. I don't want that old thing - I've seen it, heard it, bought it, slept with it, loved it, but now I'm bored with the old thing and I'm gagging for the new stuff.
- Point
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a turning point in the sense that as a scene, we can up with a lot of new ideas.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, 'will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?' The answer would be 'Yes we can!'
- Nov 07, 2020
We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New York theater has died in my lifetime.
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit.
- Public
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- Nov 07, 2020
The public doesn't want new music.
- Perfection
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- Nov 07, 2020
The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
- Destiny
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- Nov 07, 2020