“Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.” FeelsMatterReasonMovingNew YorkEnglandWho I AmAppreciated Author:Natasha Richardson
“This is New York, a combat zone, and everyone has to have an angle or they're not allowed over the bridges or through the tunnels. Let them have their angles, it's what they live for. You've got better things to worry about, like making sure the people that actually matter don't try any funny stuff.” PeopleTryingMatterStuffWorryNew YorkBridgesZoneCombatAngleTunnelsFunny Stuff Author:Cynthia Heimel
“New York is a meeting place for every race in the world, but the Chinese, Armenians, Russians, and Germans remain foreigners. So does everyone except the blacks. There is no doubt but that the blacks exercise great influence in North America, and, no matter what anyone says, they are the most delicate, spiritual element in that world.” WorldDoeMatterAmericaSpiritualRaceDoubtInfluenceNew YorkExerciseElementsNo Matter WhatMeetingsChineseNo DoubtDelicateForeignersNorth AmericaArmeniansGreat Influence Author:Federico Garcia Lorca
“On New York subways in the 1980s: Riding on the IRT is usually a matter of serving time in one of the city's most squalid environments-noisy, smelly, crowded and overrun with a ceaseless supply of graffiti.” MatterCitiesEnvironmentNew YorkCivilizationServingRidingCrowdedSubwayNoisyGraffitiSmelly Author:Paul Goldberger
“A handful of us determine what will be on the evening news broadcasts, or, for that matter, in the New York Times or Washington Post or Wall Street Journal. Indeed it is a handful of us with this awesome power.And those [news stories] available to us already have been culled and re-culled by persons far outside our control.” PersonsHas BeensMatterStoriesStreetsNew YorkWallNewsDetermineAvailableEveningPostsJournalHandfulNew York TimesNews StoriesWall Street Journal Author:Walter Cronkite
“No matter how many times I visit New York City, I am always struck by the same thing - a yellow taxicab.” MatterFunnyCitiesNew YorkTravelNew York CityYellow Author:Scott Adams
“Ideas matter in New York. I am certain that more conversations in New York are about ideas than anywhere else. Not just vague theories, but ideas that New Yorkers have the will, and the clout, to do something about.” IdeasMatterCertainNew YorkTheoryConversationVagueNew YorkersClout Author:David Frost
“I think for me it's just a matter of staying keyed into my lifelong friends from New York and family. And, you know, I'm pretty solitary. I'm a homebody. So I don't get out much to get into trouble” ThinkingKnowsMatterTroubleNew YorkStayingSolitaryLifelongHomebodiesLifelong Friends Author:Debra Messing
“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
“Well, at the end of our movie Fireproof, we released a book that my brother Stephen and I wrote called The Love Dare. It was for couples. That book had a much larger impact than we expected. As a matter of fact, if I could use the term "overwhelmed," we were. The book went on to become a New York Times bestseller and sold over five-million copies and is now in 28 different countries and languages. So, we were blessed and just surprised at how well that did.” IfsWellsBookDifferentEndsCountryMatterFactsUseLanguageTermMillionsFiveNew YorkBrotherCoupleBlessedImpactDareExpectedMy BrotherIf I CouldCopiesOverwhelmedNew York TimesMatter Of FactDifferent CountriesLove Dare Author:Alex Kendrick
“We are all addicts in various stages of degradation where I live on the Upper West Side, some to heroin, some to small dogs, and some to the New York Times. The heroin is cut, the dogs are paranoid, and the Times cheats by skimping on the West Coast ball scores. No matter, each of us goes upon the street solely in pursuit of his own particular curse.” MatterSidesCuttingStreetsStageDogNew YorkParticularBallsWestVariousPursuitCurseScoreCheatCoastAddictNew York TimesDegradationHeroinParanoidWest CoastWest SideSmall Dogs Book:Rebellions, perversities, and main events Source: Rebellions, perversities, and main events
“I was born in Honduras, that's where I was born. I live in California, where no matter what you say, you're Mexican. You understand that? It doesn't matter what you say. See - you don't understand that, white people, because wherever you go, you're white. You're here, you're white. You go to L. A., you're white. You go to Denver, you're white. You go to Miami, you're still white. In L. A. I'm a Mexican, In Florida, I'm a Cuban. In New York, I'm a Puerto Rican. And when I come to Canada and I find out I'm an Eskimo.” PeopleStillsMatterBornWhiteNew YorkNo Matter WhatCaliforniaCanadaFloridaMexicanMiamiCubanDenverHonduras Author:Carlos Mencia
“I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens with my music and wherever I go - that heart of that glamorous girl in New York will never be gone.” WayWantFeelsHeartMatterHappensGirlEnjoyGoneNew YorkNo Matter WhatTheatreI Want YouGlamorous Author:Lady Gaga
“Even when I went to America I didn't work for four years. It wasn't like I came to New York and it was the land of milk and honey. It was just as much of a hard graft. But there's a lot more opportunity nowadays across the board for actors, no matter what color you are, with the Internet and small productions.” YearsMatterHardAmericaActorsOpportunityFourLandNew YorkColorInternetNo Matter WhatProductionsBoardsHoneyMilkFour YearsMilk And Honey Author:Idris Elba
“Boston fans - and New York fans are the same - it doesn't matter what you do outside of baseball, they don't forgive or forget that you play in pinstripes and they don't care about your interests off the field.” MatterPlayCareInterestForgetFansNew YorkFieldsBaseballForgivingDon't CareBoston Author:Bronson Arroyo
“I absolutely love the public transportation system in New York. No matter what, no matter how people complain, it is the best in the world.” PeopleWorldMatterNew YorkNo Matter WhatComplainingTransportationPublic Transportation Author:Malachy McCourt
“There's a great variety of people in Washington, but I think because of the great concentration of people in New York, that variety is more visible. You walk the streets and there are people of every color, shape and size, ethnic background, religion, it doesn't matter. It's always present.” PeopleThinkingMatterWalksStreetsNew YorkColorShapesSizeBackgroundsVarietyVisibleConcentrationEthnic Background Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“It is hard not to be inspired when you're living in New York. It doesn't matter what you do. I think that there is so much going on in this city. I like walking around or taking the subway, thinking about all the history here, looking at the architecture and all the people; of course, the museums. It's tough to find a better place to live.” PeopleThinkingMatterHardCoursesCitiesNew YorkWalkingToughInspiredArchitectureMuseumsBetter PlaceSubwayPlaces To LiveBe Inspired Author:Diego Klattenhoff