- 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
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chinatown is tremendously interesting... It's a part of the city that hasn't really been explored in crime literature or in any general literature. It's as though Chinatown didn't exist. People write about New York without mentioning Chinatown at all.
- Exponential
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing new limbs, copying internal organs like a Xerox machine, exponential increases in computing power, better eyes and ears - I could read stories like this endlessly.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tell my sons, I say, if you're going somewhere, you don't have to wear a hoodie - we live in New York, so a hoodie and all that is all good. But sometimes, you know, button up your shirt. Clean up.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
My husband and I get along great. We're both introverts, and it's hard to make new friends.
- Everyman
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- Nov 07, 2020
The thing is, the Tulsa experience that I wrote about in 'The Outsiders' is closer to the universal experience than it would be if I wrote it from L.A. or New York. It's an everyman story.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I'm from Indiana. So to me when I was a little kid growing up, Cincinnati was the glamorous New York of it all.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can do so much crazy stuff with books that isn't necessarily being done. That's how culture stays alive - by doing new things with it.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like pretty much every other ambitious person, I always figured I'd eventually move to New York. It is, at this point, half-dream and half-obligation for people trying to do big things. It's the American Dream inside the American Dream.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020