- Nov 07, 2020
East Coast Quotes
Voices shaped by growing up or traveling along the coast.
This page gathers reflections from people whose accents, upbringing, or career paths were shaped by living along the eastern seaboard, from childhood in a coastal Chinese city to college years in Maine. For related themes on roots and belonging, see the Family quotes page.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think from an East Coast point of view, you'd be like, 'Oh, a California record's a sunny record.' It's like you spend three hours in the studio because the rest of the time you must be at the beach.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born on December 30, 1930 in Ningbo, a city on the east coast of China with a rich culture and over seven thousand years of history. Although it was a tumultuous age in China when I was a child, I was lucky enough to have completed a good education from primary to middle school.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to college on the East Coast in Portland, Maine.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you get to know me, you would know in a second that I am an East Coast girl. You can tell because I'm not flaky, and I will tell you how it is. I also walk faster than they walk in L.A.
- Flying
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- Nov 07, 2020
I flew helicopters, and I loved flying helicopters on the East Coast when I did a couple of deployments out to the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf.
- Hollywood
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- Nov 07, 2020
And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020