“I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.” PeopleCitiesPersonalityGladMake Me Smile Author:Fred Armisen
“Everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking. Busking, you learn people, you learn about reading people. You learn about reading the atmosphere of the street. If you stand still in any city long enough, you see everyone pass you by. It's almost like you get to know personality types, just by watching people walk past. You get a sense for things.” PeopleIfsKnowsLongStillsEnoughPastReadingWalksCitiesStreetsLike YouTypePersonalitySingingAtmosphereSongwritingPersonality TypesBusking Author:Glen Hansard
“Cities have distinct personalities. It's a matter of knowing it.” MatterCitiesKnowingPersonality Author:Anne Rice
“If it's in your personality to get out and talk to people, then you get to see what it is that city has to offer, through the people. A lot of the times with your own eyes you don't get to see that.” PeopleIfsEyeCitiesPersonalityOffers Author:Chali 2na
“Our traditional stories are based on an aristocratic model without a middle class, whereas The Arabian Nights reflect people living in cities, traders, merchants, travelers, with a wide range of personalities.” PeopleStoriesNightCitiesClassMiddlePersonalityModelsWideTraditionalRangeMiddle ClassTravelerMerchantsTradersArabianAristocraticLiving In The CityArabian Nights Author:Marina Warner
“With recidivism algorithms, for example, I worry about racist outcomes. With personality tests [for hiring], I worry about filtering out people with mental health problems from jobs. And with a teacher value-added model algorithm [used in New York City to score teachers], I worry literally that it's not meaningful. That it's almost a random number generator.” PeopleProblemJobsUsedValuesNumbersCitiesWorryTeacherNew YorkExamplePersonalityModelsTestsMental HealthMeaningfulOutcomesScoreRacistNew York CityHiringAlgorithmsHealth ProblemsGeneratorRecidivism Author:Cathy O'Neil
“[Mortal City ] was also the beginning of the reality of the fact that I was going to have little pieces of my personality identifying with all of these different parts of the country.” LittlesDifferentCountryFactsRealityCitiesPiecesPersonalityMortalsIdentifying Author:Dar Williams
“I think different designers have different points of view and different strong personalities can influence the way certain cities are perceived.” ThinkingWayDifferentCertainStrongViewsCitiesInfluencePersonalityPoint Of ViewDesignerDifferent Points Of ViewThink DifferentStrong PersonStrong Personality Author:Michael Bierut
“When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is shy in personality but flamboyant in his philanthropy.” PeopleTryingInterestingCitiesPersonalityMetsShyPermitFoundersPhilanthropyMicrosoftSeattleFlamboyant Author:Steven Pinker
“I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different.” ThinkingLittlesDifferentFactsShowsCitiesNew YorkPersonalityRaisedAffectedNew York CityShow Business Author:Christopher Walken
“A city with all the personality of a paper cup. (On Los Angeles)” CitiesPersonalityPaperCupsLos Angeles Author:Raymond Chandler