“It's true that what you find in New York is something other than America. Only small towns and small countries are self-satisfied; a real capital goes beyond its borders.” RealSelfCountryAmericaNew YorkTownsSatisfiedBordersSmall TownSmall Countries Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“The danger of Iran is if you listen to what the Ayatollah is saying, to what the Mullahs are saying, rational self-preservation is not their objective. If Iran acquires a nuclear weapon the odds are unacceptably high that that weapon will not be simply stockpiled, but it will be detonated over Tel Aviv, or New York, or Los Angeles.” IfsSelfDangerNew YorkWeaponsNuclearObjectivesRationalAcquireIranLos AngelesNuclear WeaponsOddsPreservationSelf PreservationMullahs Author:Ted Cruz
“In leaving Hollywood and coming to New York, I feel I can be more myself. After all, if I can't be myself, what's the good of being anything at all?” IfsFeelsI CanSelfNew YorkHollywoodLeaving Author:Marilyn Monroe
“I haven't seen so much tippy-toeing around since the last time I went to the ballet. When members of the arts community were askedthis week about one of their biggest benefactors, Philip Morris, and its requests that they lobby the New York City Council on the company's behalf, the pas de deux of self- justification was so painstakingly choreographed that it constituted a performance all by itself.” ArtSelfLastsCommunityCitiesCompanyWeekHavensNew YorkMembersPerformancesCorruptionHypocrisyNew York CityBalletJustificationLast TimeBehalfCouncilRequestPhilipBenefactorsMorrisSelf JustificationCity CouncilPhilip Morris Author:Anna Quindlen
“It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that self-improvement has glamour, that hope has glamour.” MenBookSelfSchoolHopeWishEducationLearningTeachingNew YorkSelf ImprovementLibraryImprovementGlamourPhilanthropist Author:Vartan Gregorian
“Researchers here in New York created a robot that actually passed a self-awareness test. So if you're keeping score, that's robots: 1, Donald Trump, 0.” IfsSelfAwarenessNew YorkTrumpTestsSelf AwarenessScoreRobotsResearchers Author:Jimmy Fallon
“When I was a kid, I used to live in New York City. There was a guy named Michael Alig. He used to throw parties. And a couple of times, I even worked for him and his crew, and handed out fliers, and had my super-high shoes on, and wearing silver Saran Wrap around my head or something. It's a world I was really comfortable in: a world full of individuals. I think what I like about that world - besides my own personal interests - is the individualism, the investment in the self.” ThinkingWorldSelfKidsUsedGuyIndividualInterestMy OwnPartyCitiesNew YorkCoupleComfortableInvestmentShoesSilverNew York CityIndividualismCrewWrapsPersonal Interest Author:Jared Leto
“[ New York ] is a place that worships incompetence particularly if it's combined with energy and paranoid self-confidence. Only in a city like New York could Truman Capote have made it, or John Simon.” IfsMadeSelfEnergyCitiesNew YorkWorshipSelf ConfidenceMade ItIncompetenceParanoidTruman Author:Gore Vidal
“I had a pretty poor self-image for a long time. I broke into acting as a model in New York. I was never anything like a "supermodel," but I made a living at it for a couple years. The thing was, I was convinced that I was tricking everyone into thinking I was attractive.” ThinkingYearsLongMadeSelfPoorActingNew YorkCoupleLong TimeModelsConvincedBrokeAttractiveSupermodelPoor Self Image Author:Geena Davis
“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
“It is a work of psychogeography, albeit in a less explicit sense than Iain Sinclair's or Will Self's. It had to be fiction though, because I needed that freedom of including whatever belonged, and cutting out whatever didn't. The main fiction in it was matching Julius' generous and self-concealing character to New York's generous and self-concealing character. I think this also adds to my answer about New York's personality in the book.” ThinkingBookSelfCharacterAnswersFictionCuttingNew YorkPersonalityNeededAddIncludingGenerousExplicitMatchingJuliusConcealing Author:Teju Cole
“You always feel like your 18-year-old self in some sense. And that's what walking through New York on a June evening feels like - you feel like it's Friday and you're 17 years old.” FeelsYearsSelfNew YorkLike YouWalkingEveningFridayJuneOld Self Author:John Darnielle