“There is something distinctive about living in New York; over eight million other people are doing it.” PeopleMillionsNew YorkEightDistinctive Author:Don Herold
“I always sort of talk about - to myself at least, or to my friends, about wanting to just keep life very simple. I've found it most simple here in New York. You know, it's basically I have a, in a way, a 9-to-5 job, you know? I do eight shows a week. I live in New York City. I get to walk everywhere, and you know, just be one of the people of the city. And it's actually wonderful.” PeopleKnowsWayShowsJobsFoundSimpleWalksCitiesWonderfulWeekNew YorkMy FriendsEightNew York City Author:Bradley Cooper
“I'd been acting and doing stand-up in New York about eight years, getting rejected, and I finally got the opportunity to do stand-up on Letterman, which holds even more importance for me. With comedians, that's definitely the pinnacle, but being from Indiana, it was a big to-do.” YearsBigsOpportunityActingNew YorkImportanceEightComedianRejectedIndianaPinnacleLetterman Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if thats what youd call it for eight years in New York, until I saw the first underground comics in the East Village Other.” IfsYearsFirstsArtSchoolSawsNew YorkFineEightEastVillageBrooklynFine ArtsArt SchoolEast Village Author:Bill Griffith
“Boston: Clear out eight hundred thousand people and preserve it as a museum piece. New York: Prison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey. Pittsburgh: Abandon it.” PeopleHomeClearPiecesModernNew YorkThousandTravelHundredPrisonEightPreservesAbandonMuseumsTowersBostonSoapWhiskeyPostersPittsburgh Author:Frank Lloyd Wright
“When I do plays in New York and do eight shows a week, you have the same feeling. Three of them are terrible, four of them are okay and one is really good. It's hard to say what accounts for the really good one or for the terrible ones, but you end up trying to remanufacture whatever worked for the good one, like eating a tomato. I ate a tomato and the show was good, but that of course is not how it works.” TryingEndsHardPlayShowsFeelingsThreeCoursesFourWeekNew YorkTerribleEatingOkayAccountsEightTomatoes Author:Richard Ayoade
“I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing there, and I'd begun to write a little bit.” WritingYearsFirstsLittlesBitsActingCompanyNew YorkCollegeLittle BitEightTheatreNineNine Years Author:Clark Gregg
“On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn't one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city.” IfsSoulCitiesWonderMillionsAirNew YorkSummerEightGiantsRisingVisibleNew York CitySweatSteamSummer DaysGlands Author:Diane Ackerman
“Dubai was brilliant, they looked around the world. They saw Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, Chicago, Sydney, London all ran British common law. British common law is much better for commerce than is French common law or sharia law. So they took 110 acres of Dubai soil, put British common law with a British judge in charge, and they went from an empty piece of soil to the 16th most powerful financial center in [the] world in eight years.” WorldYearsLawPowerfulCommonSawsPiecesNew YorkJudgingEmptyFinancialEightBritishLondonBrilliantAround The WorldRanSoilMost PowerfulChicagoCommerceSingaporeSydneyAcresHong KongShariaCommon LawDubaiSharia Law Author:Michael Strong
“The Beatles first appeared on our show on February 9, 1964, and I have never seen any scenes to compare with the bedlam that was occasioned by their debut. Broadway was jammed with people for almost eight blocks. They screamed, yelled, and stopped traffic. It was indescribable ... There has never been anything like it in show business, and the New York City police were very happy it didn't - and wouldn't - happen again.” PeopleFirstsShowsHappensCitiesNew YorkScenePoliceEightBlockCompareNew York CityTrafficVery HappyBroadwayShow BusinessFebruaryDebutIndescribable Author:Ed Sullivan
“I just spent a lot of time on 'ER' for that eight years. I also started working when I was 16, so by the time I left 'ER,' I was 40 years old, I had this incredible experience, my wife had this great company, we had four kids, it was like, 'Let's go to New York and live for a while and make that the priority.'” YearsKidsLeftCompanyFourWifeNew YorkIncrediblesEightMy WifePrioritiesGreat Company Author:Anthony Edwards
“Hillary Clinton flew with President Bush to New York City on Tuesday. She was amazed at the changes aboard Air Force One. For eight years she believed that flight attendants couldn't wear clothes because it made the plane too heavy.” YearsMadeForcePresidentCitiesAirNew YorkClothesClintonHeavyEightFlightPlanesNew York CityAmazedPresident BushFlewTuesdayAir ForceFlight AttendantAir Force One Author:Argus Hamilton
“The other day I read that last year 58 million tourists came to New York ... where a puny eight million people are trying to live. Unless they own a hotel chain, I don't think a single one of these eight million people are happy about this.” PeopleThinkingTryingYearsLastsMillionsNew YorkEightChainsHotelLast YearTourists Author:Fran Lebowitz