“It is a fact of big cities that one girl's darkest how is always another's moment of shining triumph, and New York is the biggest and cruelest city of them all.” MomentsFactsBigsGirlCitiesNew YorkShiningTriumphBig Cities Author:Anna Godbersen
“Do you realize that at the moment we have Barry Goldwater fighting the Moral Majority, with The New York Times rooting for Goldwater? Times have changed.” MomentsFightingRealizingMoralNew YorkChangedMajorityAmerican PoliticsNew York TimesTimes Have Changed Author:William A. Rusher
“Take a moment to reflect upon the existence of the musical The Book of Mormon. Now imagine the security precautions that would be required to stage a similar production about Islam. The project is unimaginable—not only in Beirut, Baghdad, or Jerusalem, but in New York City.” BookMomentsWould BeCitiesExistenceImagineStageSecurityNew YorkProjectsIslamMusicalProductionsNew York CityJerusalemUnimaginableBaghdadPrecautionBeirut Author:Sam Harris
“If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged.” IfsWritingBookMomentsCharacterViewsLibertyNew YorkTradeStatuesWriting A BookIntegratingMain CharactersStatue Of Liberty Author:Richard Price
“Vertigo is probably my favourite Hitchcock film and probably one of my favourite films of all time. It's a film that I'm obsessed with. I saw it on its first release in vista vision, projected in vista-vision, at the Capitol Theatre in New York. That moment when the nun comes up in the end... it's just an extraordinary shot.” FirstsEndsMomentsFilmVisionSawsNew YorkShotsExtraordinaryCome UpTheatreAll TimeReleaseObsessedThat MomentFavouriteNunCapitolHitchcockVistasVertigo Author:Martin Scorsese
“I worked as an assistant editor, actually, for a few years. That was right when I was just starting to get out at night and do a lot of stand-up, improv, and sketch work in New York. It really is invaluable. I think it pounded into me an awareness of what an editor wants and needs, in terms of clarity of a moment, where and when to start and stop a line.” ThinkingWantNeedsYearsMomentsNightTermLinesAwarenessNew YorkStartingClarityEditorsAssistantsInvaluableWants And Needs Author:Ed Helms
“At this moment, my soul is in Lebanon, my heart in Paris, and my body in New York.” HeartSoulMomentsBodyNew YorkMy HeartMy SoulParisLebanon Author:Ameen Rihani
“All I know about 1970s New York City is that it's where I grew up, and you always have an umbilical connection to the time and place of your growing up. It was cheap, didn't have too many people in it, you could go to the movies or whatever on the spur of the moment, you could get by without working too much and especially without involving yourself in the corporate world.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsCitiesGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingNew YorkGrewGrew UpConnectionsCorporateNew York CityInvolvingSpursCorporate WorldToo Much WorkSpur Of The Moment Author:Luc Sante
“Hi, this is Bernard Fanning from Powderfinger. I'm in New York at the moment, and we've been walking around the city, it's pretty strange. I was walking along with Darren and Cogsy yesterday and we saw this guy playing cards, a little two up type swindle, and he ripped this guy off for like one hundred bucks in like, ten seconds, and the guy started complaining so he just packed up his shop and left! And it was the smoothest swindle any of us had ever seen. So that was probably the highlight of our trip here so far.” LittlesTwoMomentsGuyLeftCitiesSawsNew YorkStrangeTypeWalkingTenHundredComplainingYesterdayCardsShopsSecondsThis GuyBucksRippedHighlightsDarrenPlaying Cards Author:Bernard Fanning
“The day before I left to fly in New York, I went in the ocean and was just lying on my black looking up at the sky, which was that Hawaii blue. Just that moment was worth the entire thing. The ocean is everything. It can heal you.” MomentsLyingLeftBlackSkyNew YorkOceanBlueHealThat MomentHawaii Author:Gavin Rossdale
“Authorities in New York City have foiled a plot by terrorists to blow up the Holland Tunnel. There was one awkward moment when officials informed President Bush the Holland Tunnel was safe. Bush then thanked the Dutch authorities for all their help.” MomentsHelpingPresidentCitiesNew YorkSafeAuthorityBlowTerroristOfficialsPlotNew York CityAwkwardPresident BushTunnelsDutchHolland Author:Jay Leno
“New York feels like a sublet of Europe. And Europe is a sublet of New York. Put it that way. It's so accessible. When I was in LA, I felt so far away from my home. Home, for the moment, is here until it's not. I like to move around with my work. I feel it's a great way to learn about life, about new cultures, and to learn. We'll see where the wind takes me.” WayFeelsMomentsHomeMovingCultureFeltNew YorkWindEuropeTake MeFar AwayHome HomeNew Cultures Author:Sean Mahon
“For me, it's about having a full life wherever I come to set my hat for a while; so I like to be in a place that offers me a base that's rich and full of people. New York certainly has that at the moment.” PeopleMomentsRichNew YorkOffersHatsFull Life Author:Sean Mahon