“I got my heel stuck in a drain as I was crossing the street and cars were coming. It was really scary. A girl in heels in New York is a hard combination.” HardGirlStreetsCarNew YorkScaryStuckCombinationHeelsCrossingsDrainsReally ScaryCrossing The Street Author:Sasha Pieterse
“When you're competing, you don't have the choice of what the weather will be like. It really doesn't affect me. I ran one of my fastest times in the New York Diamond League meeting last year. It was raining pretty hard then.” YearsHardLastsChoicesNew YorkRainMeetingsWeatherRanLeagueDiamondLast YearCompeting Author:Oscar Pistorius
“My wife and I left New York when she got pregnant - we just thought it would be really hard to stay in the city.” HardWould BeLeftCitiesWifeNew YorkMy WifePregnant Author:Tom Perrotta
“It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York.” HardPoorNew York Author:Josh Radnor
“The two cities I've found very hard to leave in my life were New York and Buenos Aires.” TwoHardFoundCitiesNew YorkBuenos Aires Author:JJ Feild
“I was thinking back to all the time in the gym, working hard, and that spurred me on [winning New York marathon just ten months after giving birth” ThinkingGivingHardWinningNew YorkMonthsBirthTenGymMarathonGiving Birth Author:Paula Radcliffe
“if you want to be a little bit solitary and work very hard, you can do it more easily in New York than in a town like Paris or London. Because you depend so much for human relationships here on the phone. If you don't answer your phone, you are quite a lonely couple.” IfsWantHumansLittlesHardBitsCan DoAnswersNew YorkDependsCoupleSolitudeLittle BitLonelyTownsPhonesLondonParisSolitaryYou Can Do ItHuman RelationsHuman Relationships Author:Arman
“I think that at the end of the day I'm drawn to a certain level of ambiguous storytelling that requires hard thought and work in the same way that the New York Times crossword puzzle does: Sometimes you just want to put it down or throw it out the window, but there's a real rewarding sense if you feel like you've cracked it.” IfsThinkingWayWantFeelsDoeRealEndsSometimesHardCertainLevelsNew YorkLike YouWindowStorytellingThe End Of The DayPuzzlesNew York TimesCrackedAmbiguousCrosswords Author:Damon Lindelof
“Old New York City is a friendly old town From Washington Heights to Harlem on down There's a-mighty many people all millin' all around They'll kick you when you're up and knock you when you're down It's hard times in the city Livin' down in New York town” PeopleHardCitiesNew YorkTownsHeightKicksHard TimesFriendlyNew York CityHarlemOld New York Author:Bob Dylan
“I was in New York when Clinton was elected the first time, and everyone I knew was in a state of mad euphoria. I wondered what had happened to my hard-headed friends? Almost everyone I knew was drunk on this great white hope. The next time I was in New York, no one had a good word to say about Clinton, but everyone was in love with Hillary. She was the last word. It's all so unreal. Of course, it's no different in England. Here everyone was besotted with Tony Blair. He was a new face. Do people never learn?” PeopleFirstsDifferentHardStatesLastsFacesCoursesNextWhiteHappenedNew YorkFirst TimeEnglandMadClintonDrunkNext TimeLast WordsUnrealBlairEuphoriaGood WordsNew Faces Author:Doris Lessing
“Since Deacon Hollingshead's arrival in town last July the Dominion had been hard at work, cleansing New York City of moral corruption. "Corruption" is a popular word with the enthusiasts of the Dominion, usually uttered as a prelude to the knife, the docket, or the noose.” HardLastsCitiesMoralNew YorkTownsCorruptionNew York CityKnivesJulyDominionArrivalsCleansingPreludeNoosesDeaconsMoral Corruption Author:Robert Charles Wilson
“Not only are Puerto Ricans citizens by birth, but one would be hard-pressed to find a Puerto Rican without a sister in New York or a son in Chicago, a cousin in Orlando or a daughter in Honolulu or Oklahoma City.” HardWould BeCitiesNew YorkSonBirthCitizensDaughterChicagoCousinOklahomaOrlandoHonoluluOklahoma City Author:Luis A. Ferre
“Many believe that Hillary Clinton was channeling President Obama during her recent speech in New York City. She focused on equality, justice, and how hard it was for her growing up as a young black man in Hawaii.” MenBelieveHardYoungBlackPresidentJusticeCitiesGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkSpeechClintonFocusedNew York CityPresident ObamaHawaiiChanneling Author:Jimmy Fallon