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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
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
President Obama, like every other leader on Earth, is still going to be looking out for national and economic interests. States don't cease to be states overnight just because they get a great visionary as their new president.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of new girls are arriving every day - let them do the glamour roles! I am done with ultra glam outfits and five song routines - hereafter, I want to do meatier roles, now that I've acted with all the biggies.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think the spirit of Hollywood is such a spirit of generosity. I think people really begrudge giving. In New York, it's like that.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was going to go to college and graduate and move to New York and do the Broadway thing. That's where a lot of my influences vocally and writing come from. Then I did some covers, and towards the end of college, I saw it was a path I could take. I wrote more pop music.
- Try
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- Nov 07, 2020
Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're making films in New Zealand, you can't avoid the landscape. It's certainly more handsome than I am.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trade agreements are important because they open up new marketplaces to small businesses, which ultimately translates into more jobs and greater economic growth.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020