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- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting a degree, being on Sesame Street... those were like real accomplishments to me.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
As soon as I walk outside, I get depressed. If I see a dog, I'll get upset about how much it must suck to be on a leash. I'll get on a bus and tear up at the thought of how the driver has to go back and forth on the same street for eight hours in mind-numbing traffic.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm lucky enough to be stopped on the street for two things, usually: for 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' and for 'Workin' Moms.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I stumbled into this format for 'Last Call with Carson Daly' that I really like, inspired by cable and Dave Attell's 'Insomniac.' I love being out on the street.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people don't hold a job for 45 years. They pass on or want to retire. I don't want to retire. My real goal is to do 50 years on 'Sesame Street,' and I only got 4-and-a-half years to go.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you walk down the street, within five minutes you will see someone who is morbidly obese or obese.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Hester Street' was my most complete character study, but 'Annie Hall' and 'The Last Detail' were also great.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Hester Street' was an incredible opportunity for me. That script was such an incredible script.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first autonomous cars date back to the late 20th century. But recent increases in sophistication and reductions in cost - reflected, for example, in cheap LIDAR systems, which can 'see' a street in 3D in a way similar to that of the human eye - are now bringing autonomous cars closer to the market.
- Rejection
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first day of high school, I wore brown boys' corduroys that my mom had sewn Sesame Street elastic into - they were my coolest pants - and a lime green Patagonia fleece that my mom found at Goodwill. I loved fleece.
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- Nov 07, 2020