“It wasn't until I left that I realised it's not weird to grow up in certain cities and, by the age of 27 or 28, for all of your friends to still be alive. I can think of a lot of kids that I knew in Chicago who were supposed to grow up but didn't.” ThinkingStillsI CanKidsAgeCertainLeftGrowsCitiesGrowing UpAliveChicagoRealised Author:Chance the Rapper
“In certain parts of the world - where I'm at right now in New York, you're going to pay a whole lot more. In Los Angeles, your average starter home is a million dollars. So I need more money in Los Angeles to live like a normal person. If I live in another city, Iowa maybe, I wouldn't need as much.” IfsWorldNeedsPersonsWholeHomeCertainPayCitiesMillionsNew YorkRight NowNormalDollarsAverageLos AngelesMore MoneyMillion DollarsIowaStarters Author:Karrine Steffans
“I was raised in cities but I was raised in Texas, so there's a certain amount of connection to the earth.” EarthCertainCitiesAmountConnectionsRaisedTexas Author:JoBeth Williams
“Vibrancy is so universally desirable, so totemic in its powers, that even though we aren't sure what the word means, we know the quality it designates must be cultivated. The vibrant, we believe, is what makes certain cities flourish.” KnowsBelieveMeanCertainCitiesQualityDesirableVibrancy Book:No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler Source: No Future for You: Salvos from the Baffler
“Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in 2009, average house prices fell by a third across the country. In certain areas, including cities as diverse as Akron, Orlando and Las Vegas, house prices fell by more than half.” CountryCertainHouseCitiesHalfAreasThirdsIncludingAverageZeroDiverseHousingVegasLas VegasRecessionsInaugurationOrlandoGround ZeroGreat RecessionHouse Prices Author:Mark Zandi
“Art deals with profound and simple moods. Let us suppose that the artist - in this instance (the artist) Picabia - gets a certain impression by looking at our skyscrapers, our city, our way of life, and that he tries to reproduce it. He will convey it in plastic ways on the canvas, even though we see neither skyscrapers nor city on it.” WayTryingArtArtistCertainSimpleDealsCitiesProfoundMoodImpressionInstancePlasticCanvasSkyscraper Author:Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
“Well, on tour I eat terribly, so I balance that by running a lot. And then I started to run with my fans in certain cities. It sounds very nerdy and un-rock n' roll, but I like it. It's fun, and it's better than meeting fans in weird, awkward circumstances. So I take them running with me.” WellsRunningRomanceCertainFunSoundCitiesFansRocksBalanceCircumstancesMeetingsRock N RollAwkwardNerdy Author:Ellie Goulding
“In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him.” WantBookCertainNamesBornPoorCitiesBoysCenturyAncientLondonAutumnQuartersWant HimAutumn DaysPoor FamilyCity Of London Book:The Prince and the Pauper Source: The Prince and the Pauper
“If you are hired to shake up the system, do it. No one will believe you're the boss until you do one or more of the following: 1. Add a new division; 2. Lop off a present department; 3. Add new people or reassign and reward present employees; 4. Get rid of deadwood; 5. Change the method of accounting; 6. Change lawyers, accountants, or other outside services; 7. Ask a lot of questions, and demand answers by a certain date; 8. Get in touch with key people in your industry or city and arrange personal meetings; 9. Improve working conditions; 10. Update present benefit plans.” PeopleIfsBelieveCertainAsksAnswersCitiesPlansConditionsKeysIndustryDemandBenefitsMethodAddMeetingsRewardsFollowingLawyerDepartmentShakesEmployeeBossDivisionAccountingAccountantsUpdatesWorking Conditions Author:Lois Wyse
“I think the city of Washington itself is insular to a certain extent. You have to get out in the country to realize what is going on and discover that the perceptions in Washington aren't necessarily accurate.” ThinkingCountryCertainRealizingCitiesPerceptionAccurate Author:Rosalynn Carter
“In the home we make certain distinctions about functions of rooms and corridors; we do not deliver the groceries straight into the baby's crib. In hospitals we do not take the food trolleys right through the operating chamber, and we rarely have the recreation room next to the convalescent room. We sort out the functions. We have to sort out the functions of the city and the streams of traffic and re-create arterial systems that allow us to breathe ... the shape, pattern and sense of community which you expect if it were a home.” IfsHomeCertainNextCommunityRoomsCitiesBabyShapesFunctionPatternsBreatheStreamsDistinctionHospitalsTrafficChamberGroceriesRecreationCorridorsTrolleys Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth