“I admired the earnestness of these people, many of whom had joined Greenpeace and marched for noble things in their youth. But I didn’t share their hatred of the establishment. After all, the establishment had given me so many of my favorite things: Nick at Nite, the New York Knicks, Stephen King, Taco Bell, Green Day. The list went on and on.” PeopleGivenShareNew YorkYouthKingsHatredGreenMy FavoriteNobleListsEstablishmentBellsFavorites ThingsEarnestnessTacosKnicksTaco BellGreenpeace Author:Simon Rich
“People in New York, LA, San Francisco, they scratch their head at the concept of a gay Republican, but it really makes sense there.” PeopleNew YorkRepublicanGayConceptsMake SenseScratchesSan Francisco Author:Kirby Dick
“New York makes me swoony and in love. The New York of the 1880s was a place where black eye fixers did a brisk business and people were routinely killed for their shoes. But, the constant aspiration of the city never changes.” PeopleEyeBlackCitiesNew YorkConstantShoesAspirationNever ChangeBlack EyesFixers Author:Molly Crabapple
“It wasn't a direct route. I began as a freelance reporter. That's an important distinction, because people who rise through the ranks of The New York Times become vetted, conditioned, harassed, and shaped by the institution. That never happened to me.” PeopleImportantHappenedNew YorkDirectInstitutionsDistinctionReportersRoutesNew York Times Author:Chris Hedges
“I had a fantasy as a child that I might be a writer someday. I always thought that meant you went to New York or Paris. But after that intense summer, I never thought that I wanted to live any place but Chicago. It also made me see what the stakes were in the civil rights movement. And it made me see what real hatred was like and the forms that it took. But it also made me understand how powerless ordinary people feel in their lives.” PeopleFeelsChildrenMadeRealMightWantedFormFantasyRightsNew YorkMovementSummerOrdinaryHatredIntenseCivil RightsParisSomedayChicagoStakesPowerlessOrdinary PeopleCivil Rights Movement Author:Sara Paretsky
“We did a campaign here with New York Times. We had a great ad: "Today in America, someone will kill an elephant for a bracelet." We became sensitized in our society. Now there are four or five billion people in Asia who need to get this message. We need to use social media, print magazines, celebrities - anything we can to share this message. It's not cool, it's not okay. You are destroying beautiful animals. You are robbing a continent of its wealth. And you are hurting a lot of innocent people.” PeopleNeedsUseTodayAmericaBeautifulSocialHurtWealthAnimalFiveFourShareMediaNew YorkMessagesOkaySocial MediaBillionsCampaignsInnocentMagazinesOur SocietyPrintDestroyingAdsContinentsElephantsAsiaNew York TimesRobbingBraceletNot Okay Author:Patrick Bergin
“When we cut off access to certain parts of our cities to people on bikes or in wheelchairs, we're not only doing economic damage, we're also doing culture damage. New York is the culture capital of the world because people are running into each other on the street all the time. They are forced to engage in creativity and problem-solving.” PeopleWorldProblemRunningCertainCultureCitiesCreativityCuttingEconomicStreetsNew YorkAccessDamageProblem SolvingBikeWheelchairs Author:Ben Sollee
“Sometimes it's summer camp on location. So it's nice to have a little New York community of people you love.” PeopleLittlesSometimesCommunityNiceNew YorkSummerCampsLocationSummer Camp Author:Paul Dano
“Basically, there's a good friend of mine who works at EMI Publishing, a publishing company. He had asked me - he was like, you know, do you know this girl, Amy Winehouse? She's in New York for a day. She's kind of meeting people to maybe work with on her second album.” PeopleKnowsKindGirlCompanyNew YorkMinesLike YouMeetingsAlbumsDo You KnowPublishingGood FriendAmyThis Girl Author:Mark Ronson
“For my family and Howard's partner, who is like family, for 10 years we were in a state of shock. It takes time to appreciate fully what was going on then. That's connected because post-9/11 New York is so completely different from the way it was and the counterculture movement going on before then was so remarkable; I think people are appreciating it a lot more now.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsDifferentStatesNew YorkMovementAppreciateMy FamilyConnectedPartnersPostsShockRemarkableTake TimeIt Takes TimeLike FamilyCounterculture Author:Aaron Brookner
“I live in Brooklyn, New York. It is a melting pot of cultures and people. I walk down the street, and there is art on the buildings and people congregating who have been neighbors for years and events and music and freedom.” PeopleYearsHas BeensArtCultureWalksStreetsEventsNew YorkBuildingNeighborPotMeltingBrooklynMelting PotBrooklyn New York Author:Erin Willett
“We have a philosophy of we'll keep putting it up until people get it. We did that actually these last three weeks with Cracked Out from New York. People didn't really understand them. We put them up three weeks ago and they just got stared at.” PeoplePhilosophyLastsThreeWeekNew YorkCracked Author:Scott Aukerman
“Priests are very interested in theater in New York! It's this lovely reminder that priests are just people, too, who need to be entertained.” PeopleNeedsNew YorkTheaterLovelyPriestsReminders Author:Stephen Karam
“I came to New York, and it was a really cool time. People like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee were making their first movies, and they were making movies that were personal narratives.” PeopleFirstsNew YorkNarrativeReally Cool Author:Christine Vachon
“I thought, "Wow, it sounds really stoned anyway." It sounded good to me. I found out that there was a lot in there. What all this comes down to is I was just trying to get in touch with myself. And I met some interesting people in New York who weren't in show business. I even got to know my dentist.” PeopleKnowsTryingShowsFoundSoundInterestingNew YorkMetsWowShow BusinessDentistSome Interesting Author:Iggy Pop
“I have one rave New York Times review framed next to a flop Los Angeles Times review. And it's for the same show. These people watched the same show. That's what happens. They love it, they hate it.” PeopleShowsHappensHateNextNew YorkLos AngelesReviewsNew York TimesFramedRave Author:Bruce Vilanch
“People who move to New York always the same mistake. They can't see the place.” PeopleMovingMistakeNew YorkSame Mistakes Book:The Tor.com Sampler Source: The Tor.com Sampler
“People understand who Donald Trump is. There was a lawsuit against him for housing discrimination, racial discrimination against African-Americans that`s been in "The New York Times". Decades ago with "The New York Times".” PeopleNew YorkTrumpDecadesDiscriminationAfrican AmericanHousingNew York TimesLawsuitRacial Discrimination Author:Chris Hayes
“I grew up in New York and I've always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person. When somebody recognizes me from the film - and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film - I feel like they're talking about someone else we both know. I just find it hard to believe that anyone would stop me to share how much they loved something that I was a part of.” PeopleKnowsFeelsBelieveLooksPersonsHardShowsFilmTalkingShareNew YorkGrewGrew UpWideRangeHard To BelieveTalking About Someone Author:Adepero Oduye
“I've grown up watching and admiring Norm. Sherie actually starred in the first off-Broadway show I ever saw in New York, which was The Last Five Years. It's amazing how things come full-circle and how the community (once you hang around it long enough) grows smaller and smaller as it grows. Sharing the stage with these people is more than a dream come true it's so special. They're so warm and giving and offer the best advice. Sherie is very nice and maternal and nurturing.” PeopleGivingYearsFirstsLongEnoughShowsDreamLastsGrowsCommunityFiveSawsNiceSpecialAdviceStageNew YorkOffersWarmCirclesFive YearsNormBroadwayDreams Come TrueNurturingVery NiceBest AdviceAdmiringFull CircleBroadway ShowsLast Five Years Author:Tituss Burgess
“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
“I was living in New York at the time of the 9/11 attacks. And I remember, you know, in those weeks that followed, when none of us spoke about anything else really, a number of friends of mine, people I knew, including very experienced journalists, I heard them saying things like, well, now we understand what happened to you.” PeopleKnowsWellsRememberNumbersHappenedHeardWeekNew YorkMinesIncludingJournalistSpokesRemember YouRemembers You Author:Salman Rushdie
“People are taking a closer look at Donald Trump. I think the best look they got was at the last debate. I think Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio prosecuted their case effectively. Donald doesn't have some great answers. When they talk, for instance, about immigration and releasing those tapes from The New York Times, we began talking about flexibility and immigration.” PeopleThinkingLooksLastsAnswersTalkingCasesNew YorkTrumpDebateImmigrationInstanceTapeFlexibilityNew York TimesCruzMarcos Author:Mitt Romney
“Flexibility. Oh, that's pretty clearly saying that what Donald Trump said to The New York Times is very different than what he's saying to the American people. He is not the real deal. He is a phony.” PeopleSaidDifferentRealDealsNew YorkTrumpFlexibilityNew York TimesPhony Author:Mitt Romney
“I mean if it wasn't for Earl Scruggs, guys like me wouldn't be doing what we're doing. I mean, he's changed so many people's lives, honestly. I was thinking about all the thousands of people that live in Nashville, like myself, that there's no reason a guy from New York would end up down there if it wasn't for the sound of Earl Scruggs' banjo coming over the airwaves and just changing my life.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanEndsReasonGuySoundNew YorkChangedHonestlyLike MeNo ReasonNashvilleChanging My LifeBanjos Author:Earl Scruggs
“Being in New York, a lot of people I knew were top-notch copy editors or photo retouchers, so I had a good community around me that knew how to do the specialized stuff.” PeopleStuffCommunityNew YorkCopiesEditorsNotchesTop Notch Author:Ian Christe
“You meet a lot of people in New York who are different than you, and have different stories, so I see everyone as super individual.” PeopleDifferentStoriesIndividualNew York Author:Frankie Cosmos
“I feel like I can be infinitely inspired because New York is huge. There's always a new street I can go to, or a billion new people who I haven't met that I could write about. New York is very humbling.” PeopleFeelsWritingI CanStreetsHavensNew YorkHugeMetsInspiredBillionsHumbling Author:Frankie Cosmos
“I grew up in Nazareth, Penn., which was an hour and a half from New York, and an hour and a half from Philly. So bands that were touring came through one way or another. We got to see stuff people in other small towns didn't, like Wesley Willis. I couldn't have asked for a better place to grow up and be into music.” PeopleWayGrowsStuffHoursHalfGrowing UpNew YorkGrewBandGrew UpTownsOne WayBetter PlaceSmall TownTouringNazareth Author:Daughn Gibson
“I feel like people just let each other live a little more in New York.” PeopleFeelsLittlesNew York Author:Babatunde Adebimpe
“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
“If there were, say, only 10 percent of the hotels that exist now, there would be all these apartments for people who live in New York, as opposed to people visiting New York. And then all this junk in the theater, we would no longer need the kind of stuff that tourists like.” PeopleIfsNeedsKindWould BeStuffNew YorkPercentTheaterHotelApartmentJunkTouristsVisiting Author:Fran Lebowitz
“In New York we have zillions of different kinds of people, many of them hate each other, but violence based on that hatred is really uncommon here.” PeopleKindDifferentHateViolenceNew YorkHatredDifferent KindsUncommon Author:Fran Lebowitz
“Suddenly the land is haunted by all these dead Indians. There is this new fascination with the Southwest, with places like Santa Fe, New Mexico, where people come down from New York and Boston and dress up as Indians. When I go to Santa Fe, I find real Indians living there, but they are not involved in the earth worship that the American environmentalists are so taken by. Many of these Indians are interested, rather, in becoming Evangelical Christians.” PeopleRealEarthChristianTakenLandNew YorkBecomingInvolvedWorshipDressesMexicoBostonSantaFascinationEvangelicalEnvironmentalistNew MexicoSanta Fe Author:Richard Rodriguez
“A lot of people realize "I don't have to work in this job that I'm miserable at every year, or every day, and I don't have to live in, for example, New York City where it's super expensive and if I live somewhere else that is less expensive and could pursue my passion like, I can afford to do that."” PeopleIfsYearsI CanJobsPassionRealizingCitiesNew YorkExamplePursueMiserableExpensiveNew York CitySomewhere ElseMy Passion Author:Tony Hsieh
“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
“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
“I had been wanting to do a musical for a really long time. I wanted people in New York to know that I can sing.” PeopleKnowsLongI CanWantedNew YorkLong TimeMusicalReally Long Author:Missi Pyle
“Generally in New York, people just walk over you with no problem about that. Other countries, people want to resuscitate you, like, after a bit.” PeopleWantCountryProblemBitsWalksNew YorkOver YouOther CountriesNo Problem Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“Donald Trump is not stupid. He knows exactly what he's saying. And he's just saying out there - I mean, forget about Muslims. He said I could go down on Fifth Avenue in New York and shoot someone in the face and people - and the voters will have no problem with it. This transcends any kind of religion and any kind of belief. This is actually an offense and attack on human values. He's just saying out there I will shoot people in the face and people wouldn't care.” PeopleKnowsHumansKindMeanSaidProblemCareFacesValuesBeliefForgetStupidNew YorkTrumpVotersOffenseNo ProblemFifthAvenuesJust SayingHuman ValuesNot StupidFifth Avenue Author:Bassem Youssef
“I was the first - I was extremely unpopular with the establishment of the United States, particularly the New York Times was always an enemy, and Time magazine, off and on, the enemy, because I said things and took positions that other people didn't do.” PeopleFirstsSaidStatesUnitedEnemyUnited StatesNew YorkPositionMagazinesEstablishmentNew York TimesTime Magazine Author:Gore Vidal
“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
“Growing up in Atlanta, it brings a particular swagger about a person. There are three or four places in the country where people think of fashion: One is LA, obviously. Another is New York. And I think Atlanta has to be in the top five cities where fashion is very big.” PeopleThinkingPersonsCountryBigsThreeCitiesGrowing UpFiveFourGrowingFashionNew YorkParticularSwaggerAtlanta Author:Cam Newton
“For instance, I'm in Beverly Hills right now at a hotel. I told myself, "Man, it's so beautiful out here. If I ever moved to L.A., I would probably want to buy a house in Beverly Hills." The thing is, once I leave Beverly Hills, [I realize] there's no bodegas in Beverly Hills. Once I leave L.A. and go back to Miami or if I go visit New York, it's like, "Oh man, there's the bodega." What I'm saying is that you can't forget the reality. Sometimes people take success and forget about reality.” PeopleIfsMenWantSometimesRealityBeautifulHouseRealizingForgetNew YorkRight NowMovedInstanceHillsHotelMiamiBeverly Hills Author:DJ Khaled
“Since the late 1970's, the main focus of prisons has been punishment, not rehabilitation. It's hard to believe, but you would be hard-pressed to find a meaningful violence-prevention class in a federal or state penitentiary. And 'we the people' are footing the bill to keep these folks imprisoned. It costs on average $46,000 a year to keep an adult incarcerated in California and about the same for New York State.” PeopleYearsBelieveHas BeensHardStatesWould BeClassFocusViolenceNew YorkCostLateAdultsBillsPrisonAverageFolksMeaningfulPunishmentCaliforniaPreventionRehabilitationHard To BelieveNew York State Author:James Fox
“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
“In another project I worked on just a few years ago, a staging of Peter and the Wolf, which I translated into Yiddish and sang on a stage in New York City. Thank God very few people knew I was doing it! But the kids in the audience loved it - even though it was all in Yiddish.” PeopleYearsKidsCitiesAudienceStageNew YorkProjectsYears AgoNew York CityThank GodPeterYiddishStaging Author:Maurice Sendak