“For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.” FeelingsNew YorkShadowNew YorkersBostonians Author:Donnie Wahlberg
“This is something I've always wanted to do- to skate through a part of New York City that thousands of people ride through every week, feeling the energy of one of the original stomping grounds of street skating.” PeopleFeelingsWantedEnergyCitiesWeekStreetsNew YorkOriginalsNew York CitySkatingSkatesStomping Author:Ryan Sheckler
“There [is] a feeling of recognition, as of meeting an old friend, which comes to us all in the face of great artistic experiences. I had the same experience when I first heard an English folksong, when I first saw Michelangelo's Day and Night, when I suddenly came upon Stonehenge or had my first sight of New York City - the intuition that I had been there already.” FirstsFeelingsFacesNightCitiesSawsHeardNew YorkSightMeetingsIntuitionRecognitionArtisticNew York CityGreat ArtDay And NightOld FriendsGreat ArtistStonehenge Author:Ralph Vaughan Williams
“During the years I was on the board of directors of the National Organization for Women in New York City, the most resistant audiences I ever faced in the process of doing corporate workshops on equality in the workplace were not male executives - they were the wives of male executives. As long as her income came from her husband, she was not feeling generous when affirmative action let another woman have a head start vying for her husband's (her) income.” YearsLongFeelingsActionProcessCitiesAudienceWifeNew YorkDirectorsHusbandOrganizationMalesIncomeCorporateGenerousBoardsExecutivesNew York CityChaptersWorkplaceWorkshopsAffirmative ActionAffirmativeBoard Of DirectorsAnother WomanHead Start Author:Warren Farrell
“New York is full of people . . . with a feeling for the tangential adventure, the risky adventure, the interlude that's not likely to end in any double-ring ceremony.” PeopleEndsFeelingsNew YorkAdventureRingsCeremony Author:Joan Didion
“I can't get over the exciting beauty of New York - the pencil buildings so high and far that the blueness of the sky floats about them; the feeling that one's taxis, and shopping, all go on in the deep canyon-beds of natural erosions rather than in the excrescences of human builders.” HumansI CanFeelingsNaturalSkyNew YorkBuildingGoes OnBedExcitingShoppingGet OverPencilsFloatsTaxiBuilderCanyonsErosion Book:Letters: New worlds for old, 1943-46 Source: Letters: New worlds for old, 1943-46
“The culture of New York is just impossible to replicate. Its such an incredible feeling to be walking on the streets of New York. You can literally find everything you need in a five block radius oftentimes.” NeedsFeelingsCultureFiveImpossibleStreetsNew YorkWalkingIncrediblesBlockReplicateRadius Author:Max Schneider
“My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it.” ThinkingSaidFeelingsBeautifulGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkPositionGrewGrew UpTownsGratefulPrivilegedJerseyWorldviewNew JerseyGreat Education Author:Anne Hathaway
“I think of my father growing up in South Jersey, the son of second-generation German immigrant glassblowers. The opportunities for him of feeling that aspiration, that yearning, get out of the small town, connect to a larger world, get yourself to New York, wanting to play the piano at every opportunity, bonding with people who were on a similar path, ending up in Provincetown, which was kind of nexus for nonconformity, and artistic dropout reality.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindPlayFeelingsRealityFatherOpportunityGrowing UpPathGrowingGenerationsNew YorkSonTownsSouthArtisticPianoAspirationImmigrantsYearningSmall TownJerseyNonconformityBondingDropoutsNexusProvincetown Author:Anne Waldman
“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'm always looking for ways to connect myself with American people and that American feeling. I'm trying to pick up on the feeling of places, like the Los Angeles feeling or the New York feeling... Los Angeles is much better for me that way.” PeopleWayTryingFeelingsNew YorkPicksLos Angeles Author:Takashi Murakami
“One thing I definitely experienced up here (New York), that maybe I have to sort of cop to feeling defensive about, is since the election, people in my cohort, who are sensitive to portrayals of people in the movie as classist, have had no problem coming up with those sorts of [middle-American] stereotypes about a phantom real person they can blame for re-electing George Bush.” PeoplePersonsRealFeelingsProblemOne ThingMiddleNew YorkElectionBlameSensitiveCopStereotypeNo ProblemPhantomsReal PersonPortrayal Author:Philip Morrison
“I've never experienced- besides the birth of my two daughters-the feeling of winning a world championship in New York in the new stadium. It's something I'll never forget.” WorldTwoFeelingsWinningForgetNew YorkBirthDaughterNever ForgetChampionshipStadiumsTwo Daughters Author:Alex Rodriguez
“What I love most about New York is that I can walk in the street and nobody is looking at me as if I'm different. In my country and in Italy, you have to choose sides. I was a famous journalist and I was also an immigrant and ultimately I never stopped feeling like I was a guest.” IfsI CanDifferentCountryFeelingsSidesWalksStreetsNew YorkJournalistImmigrantsGuests Author:Rula Jebreal
“Feeling is taboo, especially in New York. I read in some little magazine the other day that The New Yorker and The New York Times were sclerotic, meaning, "completely turned to rock." The critics here are that way.” WayLittlesFeelingsRocksNew YorkCriticsMagazinesTabooNew York TimesNew Yorkers Author:James Purdy
“The world is telling you through The New York Times and The New York Review of Books "You must shut up. You must never appear again. Because you are not relevant to us." So you have to fight their attempt to destroy you, fight to continue feeling.” WorldBookFeelingsFightingNew YorkReviewsRelevantShut UpNew York Times Author:James Purdy
“The 1980's witnessed a new dance genre in New York City and Los Angeles. Slam Dancing was perhaps a way for adolescent males to deal with the stressors of maturation, aggressive personal feelings, and violence in the society at large. Through dancing, the youths expressed raw power and rage while achieving euphoria, enhanced self-concept, and a healthy fatigue.” WaySelfFeelingsDealsCitiesViolenceAchieveNew YorkYouthHealthyConceptsDancingMalesRageGenreLos AngelesNew York CityAggressiveFatigueSlamEuphoriaSelf ConceptStressorsPersonal Feelings Book:Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress Source: Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress
“I love New York, but it's a rough city. It's not dangerous now the way it was in the 70's or the 80's, but it's still a rough city. It's hard to hack it there. Life is harder than it is on the West Coast. To be able to deal with that, you have to have a lot of aspirational feelings pinned on being there.” WayStillsHardFeelingsAbleLife IsDealsCitiesDangerousNew YorkHarderWestRoughCoastBeing ThereHacksLife Is HardWest CoastI Love New York Author:Greta Gerwig
“An American in London...cannot but be impressed and charmed by the city. The momumentality of Washington, the thriving business of New York, the antique intimacy of Boston, plus a certain spacious and open feeling reminiscent of Denver and San Francisco-all these he finds combined for his pleasure.” FeelingsCertainPleasureCitiesNew YorkLondonIntimacyPlusImpressedBostonSan FranciscoAntiquesCharmedDenver Author:John Updike
“I was in New York last Christmas - it's snowing; there's a guy in a t-shirt. I'm like, 'Dude, aren't you cold?' 'No, I'm from New York. I don't get cold.' Just 'cause you're from a cold place doesn't mean you're genetically predisposed to not feeling cold. You're not a penguin. I was like, 'In fact, sir, you're Puerto Rican, so if anything, you should be more cold.” IfsShouldMeanFactsFeelingsLastsGuyCausesNew YorkColdSnowShirtsT ShirtPenguins Author:Iliza Shlesinger
“The past is like the hair on our head. I moved to New York when I was twelve, but you always have this feeling that wherever you come from, you physically leave it, but it doesn't leave you.” FeelingsPastNew YorkHairMovedTwelve Author:Edwidge Danticat
“Something I've learned over time, and trying to remind myself this week as I am back in New York and feeling pretty anxious, is that things always seem less dire when you're in the country than when you're outside. I don't exactly know why it is, except that people just have to get on with their life, so they do. And you don't have time to do anything other than keep going.” PeopleKnowsTryingCountryFeelingsSeemsWeekNew YorkI've LearnedKeep GoingAnxiousFeeling Pretty Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“It was ironic that there I was finally painting the pictures I'd always wanted to paint and feeling very much at home in the countryside, and I ended up working in New York City, which is definitely the archetypal city.” FeelingsHomeWantedCitiesNew YorkPaintingPaintNew York CityIronicCountryside Author:Brian Froud
“Have you ever walked down the streets of New York and been given the right of way? It's an amazing feeling.” WayFeelingsGivenStreetsNew York Author:A.C. Newman