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- Nov 07, 2020
Place Quotes
Where you land shapes who you become.
These quotes look at place from more than one angle - the town that never quite feels like "home-home," the city that opens doors for a career, and the place you land after years of searching. Some reflect on where opportunity struck; others just accept a city for what it gave them. Read on for more perspective in our Great Quotes collection.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cancun is the only place I've ever visited outside America.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was working in Chicago, in theater and in commercials and anything that anybody would let me do. When I moved to L.A., I had made a choice to be a character actor, meaning that I wanted to become somebody else. That's what attracted me to becoming an actor in the first place.
- Farms
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a lot of time on farms when I was growing up, and I've been obsessed with the practical logic of farmyards - the turning radius of tractors, where the chickens and ducks might go. It's not a place where stand-alone aesthetic decisions make a lot of sense.
- Not Interested
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not interested in placing my signature on a house but would rather it be a signature of the place it's located.
- Educational Opportunities
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- Nov 07, 2020
Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
OK, well maybe I have to get back to Judaism. In the sense that if I look at me and my forebears forever stretching back to I don't know, whenever there's no sense of place and therefore no sense of nationality.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do come from a place of privilege. But I have it, so what am I supposed to do now? I'd be the dumbest person on the planet if I didn't do anything about it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Growing Smarter laws now in place compel every community to plan their future growth and allow every citizen the right to be heard when those decisions are made.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no place that communicates as much - and as quickly - as Times Square does. I see the roiling energy and its forceful race into the future. Of course, after 15 minutes, I want to get as far away from there as possible.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm kind of a gypsy, so I love living out of a suitcase and going from place to place meeting people.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was little, I would close my eyes and put my finger on a page. Then in my mind, I would go to that place.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
Arizona is now recognized as a premier place in which to locate, expand and grow a business.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tokyo - still - offers the most tightly integrated infrastructure, where smooth, technology-driven experiences take place when engaging in everyday actions, such as verifying personal identity, paying for goods, and buying tickets.
- Nov 07, 2020