- Nov 07, 2020
Street Quotes
On streets, cities, and the people who walk them.
Street here means several things at once - a career path through Wall Street, a childhood spent in dance class instead of on the block, and an ordinary bystander worn down by conflict. Like shares a similarly reflective tone.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Banks are slowly but surely lending again, and never again will taxpayers foot the bill for Wall Street's excesses. In case we forgot, that was the change we believed in. That was the change we fought for. That was the change President Obama delivered.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the nineties, it was common to see people who expressed themselves through one designer - the Jil Sander woman, the Martin Margiela woman. You saw her on the street, and you knew who she was.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always have one foot in the street, so I know not everyone wants to dress like the women they see in music videos.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put me in his car, and stuck his tongue in my mouth.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a lot of Chinese fans who buy my movies on the street and watch them, and I'm OK with it. I'm not OK with it in other places, but if the government's going to censor me, then I want the people to see it in any way they can.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics - it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shyambazar evokes a strong sense of nostalgia in me. There's not a theatre in that area where I haven't watched a movie. I also have fond memories of going grocery-shopping at Grey Street with my grandparents.
- Smart
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mumbai is the kind of place where you learn how to be street smart... unless you're way too overprotected.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have German Shepherds, gifted by a friend, and the rest are street dogs we have adopted.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
In New York, lights are on the whole night; there are offices where not a single person is working, but all lights are on. The street lights at the White House are lit all the day. Why? And we are being told not to use coal.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
After I finished college, I got a job on Wall Street as a derivatives trader, but after a couple years of it, I was calling in sick in order to work on my novel.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020