“Investment banks started recruiting at Harvard back in the day, and they'd fly me down to New York City and I was so poor so I would take advantage of the free flight, the per diem, the hotel. And then I would go audition for stuff.” StuffPoorCitiesNew YorkAdvantageInvestmentFlightHotelNew York CityAuditionsHarvardBack In The Day Author:Dean Norris
“Mother went off for three days to New York and Mame and Quentin took instant advantage of her absence to fall sick. Quentin's sickness was surely due to a riot in candy and ice-cream with chocolate sauce.” MotherFallThreeNew YorkAdvantageSickDuesAbsenceIceInstantSicknessChocolateCreamCandyIce CreamRiotSauceQuentin Book:Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children Source: Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children
“I believe you make your own luck. My motto is ‘It’s always a mistake not to go.’ So I jump on the airplane, try new things—sometimes I get in way over my head, but then I think, I’ll work my way out of this somehow. A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning…The thing I love about living in New York is that I never fail to get up in the morning and think, Something adventurous is going to happen today. The energy is operating at full throttle all the time. And if you want to be lucky you’ve got to go out and take advantage of it.” IfsThinkingWayWantTryingBelieveSometimesBigsHappensTodayEnergyI BelieveMistakeMorningFailingNew YorkLuckyAdvantageLuckGet UpMy WayGatesAirplaneNew ThingsEvery MorningMottoAdventurousThings I LoveChargingMy MottoLucky YouThrottle Author:Tom Brokaw
“The politicians of New York as not so fastidious as some gentlemen are, as to disclosing the principles on which they act. They boldly preach what they practice...if they are defeated, they expect to retire from office. If they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy.” IfsMatterEnemyPrinciplesPracticeSuccessfulNew YorkPoliticianOfficeAdvantageClaimsGentlemanRetiringDefeatedSpoilFastidious Author:William L. Marcy
“I definitely had an advantage growing up in New York. It's different playing on a New York playground.” DifferentGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkAdvantagePlaygrounds Author:Stephon Marbury
“New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you were in its shadow. Anyone who's come from here will tell you that same story.” StoriesGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkShadowAdvantageJerseyNew Jersey Author:Jon Bon Jovi