“Newark, New Jersey. The bad part. Almost a redundancy. Decay was the first word that came to mind. The buildings were more than falling apart - they actually seemed to be breaking down, melting from some sort of acid onslaught. Here urban renewal was about as familiar a concept as time travel. The surroundings looked more like a war newsreel - Frankfurt after the Allies' bombing - than a habitable dwelling.” GermanyNew JerseyWorld War TwoNewarkFrankfurtUrban RenewalSlum Book:One False Move Source: One False Move
“My father is from Newark in Nottinghamshire and my mother is from the very north of Ireland. They've ended up in Scotland, where my father - well, both of them - will always be seen as having come from somewhere else.” WellsMotherFatherIrelandScotlandSomewhere ElseNewark Author:Ali Smith
“Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible.” IdeasGriefNosesTrafficManhattanNewark Author:Eli Attie
“A new helicopter service called Gotham Air is now offering users cheap flights from Manhattan to JFK or Newark airports that start at just $99. If there's two words I trust together in the same sentence, it's 'cheap' and 'helicopter.'” IfsTwoTogetherAirSentencesFlightOfferingUsersAirportsManhattanHelicoptersGothamNewark Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.” MightBrooklynNewark Author:Hakeem Jeffries
“Omaha is a little like Newark, without Newark's glamour.” LittlesHomeTravelGlamourOmahaNewark Author:Joan Rivers
“Pittsburgh is kind of like Newark without the cultural advantages.” KindAdvantagePittsburghNewark Author:Johnny Carson
“I feel very positive about Newark's future, but I know we need a lot of help. I think that starts with the education of our kids and making the streets safer.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsFeelsHelpingKidsStreetsVery PositiveNewark Author:Queen Latifah
“I used to skip school to go there when I was growing up in Newark, ... I saw the Flamingos, the Heartbeats, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Jackson.” HeartSchoolUsedGrowing UpSawsGrowingHeartbeatSkipChuckWilsonJackieFlamingosNewark Author:George Clinton
“Once when I was at Newark Mall, me, my friends, my cousin, and my bodyguard were shopping and looking for suitcases cuz we had all these clothes. On our way out, two girls started whispering. The next thing we know, we had at least 200-300 people walking behind us, like the whole mall!” PeopleKnowsWayTwoWholeGirlNextBehindsWalkingClothesMy FriendsShoppingCousinWhisperingMallsSuitcasesMy CousinCuzBodyguardNewark Author:Lil Romeo
“But anyway, I was convinced that it would go away, you know. But the idea was that he was sitting on a flight - you know, one of those sort of fairly long flights, like, sort of, you know, Newark to Denver or something like that - so, you know, a few hours.” KnowsLongIdeasHoursSittingConvincedFlightGoing AwayDenverNewark Author:Nick Lowe
“All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of books on gang violence, I was a community organizer in Newark, New Jersey, and when I spoke to the Black Caucus, congressional and state, I realized they were going all the way for Hillary [Clinton] and so was the Latino caucus in Sacramento and I asked myself this question: "Do I really want to cast my vote against these people who have been central to my life and to the soul of the country?" And so I went with them. Period.” PeopleWayWantHas BeensBookSoulCountryStatesBlackCommunityViolenceInvolvedPeriodsVoteClintonSouthCastsI RealizedSpokesGangJerseyLatinoRidersNew JerseyOrganizerCaucusSacramentoNewarkGang Violence Author:Tom Hayden
“I just heard that some lead was coming into Newark into schools, and I asked the question, "Whose schools?" They said, "The Black and the Brown." Is that an accident? I don't think so. We are being designed to be destroyed - and unless we see that, and come together as a people under vicious attack we will suffer the consequences of evil that's in high places.” PeopleThinkingSaidSchoolTogetherSufferingEvilBlackHeardConsequenceAccidentsDestroyedBrownThey SaidViciousHigh PlacesNewark Author:Louis Farrakhan
“We have a rotting infrastructure that is literally poisoning children in Flint, Newark and elsewhere.” ChildrenElsewhereInfrastructurePoisoningRottingNewark Author:Kshama Sawant
“You see somebody like me, as young as I was at the time, driving around the inner city of Newark, and to them [police] it doesn't make sense. I've been illegally searched [and had] my car illegally searched. [I've] been handcuffed for no reason. You get in enough of those situations.” ReasonEnoughYoungCitiesSituationCarPoliceDrivingLike MeMake SenseNo ReasonInner CityNewark Author:Michael B. Jordan
“I was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in Summit, an upscale town in north Jersey. There was this tiny area of Summit where most of the black families lived. My parents and I lived in a duplex house on Williams Street.” HouseParentBlackBornStreetsGrewGrew UpAreasTownsTinySummitJerseyNew JerseyBlack FamilyNewark Author:Ice T
“The mayor of Newark, N.J. wants to set up a citywide program to improve residents' health. The health care program would consist of a bus ticket out of Newark.” WantCareProgramHealth CareBusTicketsMayorsResidentsNewark Author:Conan O'Brien
“I was a medium-level juvenile delinquent from Newark who always dreamed about doing a movie. Someone said, 'Hey, here's $7 million, come in and do this genie movie.' What am I going to say, no? So I did it.” SaidLevelsMillionsMediumsHeyJuvenileDelinquentsGeniesNewark Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.” PersonsWholeDreamRealityActorsChallengesSawsChangedDecidedExcitedStoresJerseyNew JerseyNewark Author:Derek Luke
“Hollywood is Newark, New Jersey with palm trees.” TreeHollywoodPalmsJerseyNew JerseyPalm TreesNewark Author:Weegee
“To play today in London, next week in Madrid and the week after that in Warsaw is a bit better than playing Newark and Baltimore and Philadelphia. I've been doing that for 20 years.” YearsPlayTodayNextBitsWeekLondonPhiladelphiaNext WeekBaltimoreMadridWarsawNewark Author:Norman Granz
“My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.” ChildhoodMy FamilyMovedJerseyNew JerseyEarly ChildhoodDenverNewark Author:Anita Diament
“I love talking about the challenges [Newark, NJ] has because of the way they are always brilliantly disguised as opportunities.. .the biggest global challenge that there is is a challenge of the spirit, a challenge of our vision, a challenge and a test of our ideals, of who we SAY we are GOING TO BE.” WaySpiritOpportunityChallengesTalkingVisionIdealsTestsNewark Author:Cory Booker
“I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would go back east and catch Yankees games. His side of the family are big Yankees fans. But, the real connection came in '97 when I moved to New York and became friends with the team.” RealBigsKidsYoungFatherGamesSidesTeamFansNew YorkConnectionsMovedEastCaliforniaYankeesPassed AwayNewarkReal Connection Author:Carson Daly