“I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.” JobsUsedImpossibleWeekStreetsNew YorkGrewGrew UpWaitressAllowance Author:Lady Gaga
“New York rose out of the water like a great wave that found it impossible to return again and so remained there in horror, peering out of the million windows man had caged it with.” MenFoundWaterMillionsImpossibleNew YorkReturnHorrorWindowRoseWaveCaged Book:Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth: The Early Works of Djuna Barnes Source: Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth: The Early Works of Djuna Barnes
“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
“The New York Times is reporting that back in the '60s, presidential candidate Howard Dean used a letter from a doctor about a back condition to keep himself out of the draft in Vietnam and then spent 10 months skiing. Well it sounds like he's done the impossible. He actually made Bill Clinton and George Bush look like war heroes.” WellsLooksMadeWarDoneUsedSoundImpossibleConditionsNew YorkMonthsHeroLettersDoctorsBillsClintonPresidentialCandidatesVietnamNew York TimesDeanSkiingPresidential CandidateWar Hero Author:Jay Leno
“A cupcake is like a great pop song. The whole world in less than three minutes. And it's impossible to have a bad cupcake. In New York you walk everywhere. So I'm always looking, always on the eternal search for the perfect cupcake. I take them very seriously. It's like hunting and gathering for me.” WorldWholeSongThreeWalksPerfectImpossibleMinutesNew YorkEternalPopsWhole WorldHuntingGatheringPop SongCupcakes Author:Laurel Nakadate
“The housing crisis may not be the worst thing that's happened to New York City because it was becoming impossible for some of the young doctors, for some of the young artists, for some of the people that make the city so special to be able to live here.” PeopleMayAbleYoungArtistCitiesImpossibleHappenedWorstSpecialNew YorkBecomingDoctorsCrisisNew York CityWorst ThingsHousingYoung ArtistsHousing Crisis Author:Juan Enriquez