“What I like about organizing things that way is that each story gets nearly full reign over its own space, but all of them are hung on a single string - the loosely-reined voice mentioned above. Thus the collection jogs away from suzerainty and past federation toward, I guess, alliance. Or maybe call each story a separate house on a single street? Or it's all a line of dive bars on some wharf front? What the hell, let's call reading the collection a pub crawl, but with words.” WayStoriesPastReadingHouseVoiceLinesSpaceHellStreetsFrontsBarsCollectionsOver ItStringsHungReignAlliancesPubsFederationOrganizing Things Author:Roy Kesey
“My grandpa could go days, weeks, even months without a drink but if he took that first drink, he couldn't stop. Once, when I was twelve, my mom and I were driving and we saw my grandpa staggering drunk down the street. I asked if we should stop and help him. My mom sadly shook her head and kept driving.” IfsShouldFirstsHelpingSawsWeekStreetsMomMonthsDrinkMy MomDrivingDrunkTwelveGrandpaStaggering Author:Brian Lindstrom
“I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I found myself in front of a British television show, which was a nice surprise.” PeopleYearsShowsFoundNiceStreetsFrontsTelevisionSurpriseBritishLondonBritainPublishingTelevision ShowsDenmarkBritish Television Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“What we are doing in this campaign [2016], it just blows my mind every day because I see it clearly, we're taking on not only Wall Street and economic establishment, we're taking on the political establishment.” MindPoliticalEconomicStreetsWallBlowCampaignsEstablishment Author:Bernie Sanders
“Nelson Mandela was in jail when I was really young, and Winnie Mandela was one of the biggest faces of the movement. In South Africa we have a common phrase - it's like a chant in the street and at rallies: "Wathint' abafazi, wathint' imbokodo." Which means, "You strike a woman, you strike a rock."” MeanFacesYoungCommonStreetsRocksMovementSouthStrikesPhrasesJailSouth AfricaNelson Author:Trevor Noah
“Back in my heyday, when I was out on the streets - I'm engaged now, about to get married - but before that I was quite the sex symbol. My line was, "If I was taller, would I have a chance?".” IfsSexLinesChanceStreetsMarriedSymbolsEngagedSex SymbolHeyday Author:Kevin Hart
“People would stop me in the street - my demographic tends to be the elderly Jewish women from Miami; I think they tend to fancy me as someone that would've been good with their daughter or something - and a lot of them will do the wrist-slapping thing. "Oh, you're a terrible man! Just terrible!" And I'm, like, "Well, it's just a show. I'm just playing a character."” PeopleThinkingMenWellsCharacterShowsStreetsTerribleDaughterFancyElderlyWristsMiamiDemographicsSlapping Author:Peter Jacobson
“There are party leaders, big corporation, Wall Street. There are very wealthy individuals who kind of represent where the Democratic Party, the official Democratic Party was and to some extent still is.” KindStillsBigsIndividualPartyLeaderStreetsWallDemocraticCorporationsOfficialsWealthyDemocratic PartyBig Corporations Author:Robert Reich
“I haven't hit the bestseller list, but I consider myself one of the luckiest writers in the world, and this is mainly because of Grub Street.” WorldStreetsHavensLists Author:Christopher Castellani
“I was there in Washington in the `90s. It was pretty bad then. It`s much worse now [in 2015]. And that vicious cycle is you`ve got again big corporations, executives, Wall Street, very wealthy individuals in both parties who are calling the shots.” BigsIndividualPartyStreetsWallCallingShotsCorporationsCyclesExecutivesWealthyViciousBig CorporationsVicious CyclesCalling The Shots Author:Robert Reich
“There is just something about the common being. My education pretty much came from the streets, just connecting with people, different cultures. I gained the wealth just engaging at that level. I'm still like that. I continue to document everyday people versus the stars.” PeopleStillsDifferentCultureStarsWealthLevelsCommonStreetsEverydayDocumentsEngagingVersusConnectingDifferent Cultures Author:Jamel Shabazz
“For me, the stars are the invisible people on the street that people don't really get a chance to know.” PeopleKnowsStarsChanceStreetsInvisible Author:Jamel Shabazz
“ItÂ’s very easy to capture pictures of jubilant people in the street after the nuclear bomb. But there were no pictures of morose people sitting in their kitchens and living rooms.” PeopleEasyRoomsStreetsSittingNuclearKitchenBombsCaptureLiving RoomNuclear BombMorose Author:Amartya Sen
“Yeah, I love A Nightmare on Elm Street. I was just a fan. I was such an avid fan. I remember being on the set talking about a sequence and he started asking me about maybe staging it a little different. I realized - I think he was shocked that I knew his work so well - I remember I started going like, "Why don't we do it like The Last House on the Left, where you had the girl on the ground..."” ThinkingWellsLittlesDifferentLastsRememberGirlHouseLeftTalkingFansStreetsAskingYeahI RealizedNightmareShockedSequenceAvidStagingNightmare On Elm Street Author:Kevin D. Williamson
“I toyed with making portraits based on people's discarded shopping lists found on the street, or old diaries bought on eBay, or other forms of borrowed stories. When I stumbled across the Missed Connections listings, I knew immediately I'd found it.” PeopleStoriesFormFoundStreetsConnectionsListsShoppingPortraitsDiariesBorrowedDiscardedEbayMissed Connections Author:Sophie Blackall
“One thing I loved about New Zealand was the indoor/outdoor lifestyle of the place. I remember going from Xboxing, jamming out on guitars and drum machines in my buddy's apartment, to a bike ride through the parks and up and down the streets all over the city, to the ocean, right into the water. I remember we were swimming outer ways and we got to a certain place where we wanted to see - or I wanted to see - how deep the water was.” WayWantedRememberCertainWaterCitiesOne ThingStreetsOceanMachinesGuitarLifestyleParksSwimmingApartmentBikeUp And DownBuddyNew Zealand Author:Gabriel Mann
“I was an adult and I was in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I was performing in this cave - they used to bury the plague victims in these caves underneath the streets of Edinburgh, when I got this weird cold sensation up my spine, it gave me this really weird feeling, and then I looked up and there was this white, sudden white shape, that just zapped from me and went straight to the light that was at the back of the room, and I just stopped cold and said to the audience, "Did you guys see that?" No one saw it.” SaidFeelingsLightUsedGuyWhiteRoomsAudienceSawsStreetsColdShapesAdultsVictimPerformingSensationsCavesFestivalsPlagueFringeSpineReally WeirdEdinburghWeird Feeling Author:Rhys Darby
“I have a black Grandma and white Grandma. My white Grandma lives in Fort Lauderdale, paints, and teaches bridge. She's wonderful. My black Grandma, equally wonderful, is my neighbor across the street, Bobbie, who's always insisted that I call her Grandma, and honestly, over the years she's become a real Grandma to me.” YearsRealBlackWhiteTeachWonderfulStreetsPaintNeighborHonestlyBridgesGrandmaForts Author:Davy Rothbart
“I am a feminist, but I'm not an extremist. I know what feminism is, but I'm not all women empowerment, marching in the streets. I'm not a die-hard girl's girl.” KnowsHardDiesGirlFeminismStreetsEmpowermentFeministWomen EmpowermentEmpowering WomenExtremist Author:Scheana Marie
“Even though I had a fantastic family, I always felt lonely - not lonely in the melancholic way but knowing that, to really survive, I have to do everything for myself. I had to work and study, and I was out in the street really surviving, bringing food back home.” WayHomeFeltKnowingStudyStreetsLonelyFantasticSurvivingBack Home Author:Riccardo Tisci
“My mom always said to us, "You cannot judge anybody because of the color of skin." There were a lot of African immigrants in Italy at the time, and people would not even say hi in the street. And my mom, she would invite these people to the house. This is what I got from my mom: to not judge people because of their sexuality, their skin color, their religion, nothing.” PeopleSaidHouseStreetsColorJudgingMomSkinsMy MomSexualityImmigrantsInvitesSkin Color Author:Riccardo Tisci
“I always think about the streets because that's where I come from and that's where I'm going to die one day. That is my life.” ThinkingDiesStreetsOne Day Author:Riccardo Tisci
“I remember what a thrill it was to go from the back streets of Birmingham to Madison Square Garden in New York...it's like playing on Mars. You can't buy that.” RememberStreetsNew YorkGardenSquaresMarsThrillMadisonBirminghamMadison Square Garden Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“The New York Times is an institution that attracts careerists, who are drawn to power and access. This gave me a kind of a free hand. The kind of work that I wanted to do, most of the other reporters didn't want to do. I was not doing lunch. I was not sucking up to officials. I was writing from the street.” WantWritingKindHandsWantedStreetsNew YorkInstitutionsAccessOfficialsLunchReportersNew York Times Author:Chris Hedges
“The imperial projects will continue, Wall Street will be unimpeded in its malfeasance and criminal activity, social programs will continue to be cut, maybe not at the same speed as under a Republican Administration, but it's all headed in the same direction.” SocialCuttingStreetsWallRepublicanActivityProjectsProgramSpeedCriminalsAdministrationSocial ProgramsMalfeasance Author:Chris Hedges
“I don't remember my childhood very well at all, but my earliest memory is holding a man's hand as I was walking down the street at about 1Ð’Ð…. I can still remember the shoes I was wearing, but I don't know who the man was or what the memory relates to.” KnowsMenWellsStillsI CanHandsRememberMemoriesStreetsChildhoodHe ManWalkingShoesRelate Author:Naomie Harris
“In Vienna, when I was a year-and-a-half or two years-old. I remember it because I remember the little blue raincoat I used to wear, and how the buttons felt. I liked to walk on the street in front of our house when it was raining, and jump into all the puddles. That's weird, but that's my earliest memory.” YearsLittlesTwoRememberUsedHouseFeltMemoriesWalksHalfStreetsFrontsRainBlueTwo YearsButtonsPuddlesViennaTwo Year Olds Author:Boris Kodjoe
“I got interested in Zen when I was a teenage beatnik on the streets of San Francisco. And it was my interest in Zen, in part, that got me into the Marine Corps, because that was a ticket to Asia. So I spent a couple of years on Okinawa and began reading and thinking about how I wanted to go about conducting my life.” ThinkingYearsWantedReadingInterestStreetsCoupleTicketsTeenageAsiaMarineSan FranciscoMarine CorpsConductingOkinawaBeatnik Author:Sam Hamill
“On the street luge side, you need to have a solid core and balance. A healthy body is a must in that sport if you want to compete for wins, and my diet has certainly enabled me to make the most of myself.” IfsWantNeedsBodyWinningSportsSidesStreetsBalanceHealthyCoreDietsHealthy Body Author:Andy Lally
“What most interests me is human connection, whether it's on the street, in community, through music, storytelling, and shared experience. People tell me to be a rock cellist, make money, and give up on the activism so I can make more money.” PeopleGivingHumansI CanInterestCommunityStreetsRocksGiving UpConnectionsActivismStorytellingMaking MoneyMore MoneyHuman ConnectionShared ExperiencesCellists Author:Ben Sollee
“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
“I believe that a healthy lifestyle isn't just a regular exercise routine or your eating habits, but a synergy of a healthy mind and body. To fuel my body, I am relentless about never eating anything that isn't of this Earth. I have no interest in putting stuff in my body that's made in a lab. Movement is vital. Whether it's running, cross training, hiking with the dogs, or walking the streets of New York, I am constantly active.” MindBelieveMadeBodyRunningEarthI BelieveStuffInterestStreetsDogNew YorkMovementHabitWalkingExerciseHealthyEatingTrainingCrossesActiveLifestyleFuelRoutineHikingMind And BodyRelentlessHealthy LifestyleLabsSynergyHealthy MindEating HabitsRegular Exercise Author:Theo Rossi
“That's really the big inspiration of this movie. It's really looking at a man who's really showing all the traits and all the characteristics of the classic patriarchal country, where he's of military power, he's the king of the hill at home, as well as in the streets. He has the liberty to live where he wants.” MenWantWellsCountryHomeBigsInspirationLibertyStreetsMilitaryKingsHillsClassicCharacteristicsTraitsMilitary Power Author:Oren Moverman
“My father saw two black men lynched on his street in Cartersville, as a child. And I think seeing two black businessmen - not vagrants - hanging from trees as a child was traumatic for him.” ThinkingMenChildrenTwoFatherBlackSawsSeeingTreeStreetsBusinessmanVagrants Author:Toni Morrison
“It's really on the streets, if I'm in a car, or I'm walking by, and I see a girl. And you can see it, on her face, you can see it in her step and the way that she moves and flows, and you're like: "You go girl." And it's fun, and sometimes you just have to go up and be like, "You look fantastic!"” IfsWayLooksSometimesFacesMovingGirlFunStepsStreetsCarLike YouWalkingFlowFantastic Author:Olivia Palermo
“The first time I ever thought about doing a film seriously, I was in London. I was about 17 years old. I was just standing in the street, a bit dazzled by an Antonioni bus wipe, which by the way are inherent in London, and I imagined a film set in London starting out with the riff from The Yardbird's "Heart Full of Soul", and now, how ever many years later, I've done it.” WayYearsFirstsHeartSoulDoneFilmBitsStreetsFirst TimeStandingStartingLondonBusInherentWipeStarting OutFilm Set Author:William Monahan
“Theater in Israel is not more dangerous than walking in the street.” StreetsDangerousWalkingTheaterIsrael Author:Meital Dohan
“Together we have sent a message that will echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California.” TogetherStreetsWallMessagesCaliforniaEchoesMaine Author:Bernie Sanders
“Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both the cows and the cyclists. So for the first time the sacred cow in India, which used to be such a wonderful speed-breaker, is now seen as a nuisance. For the first time, IÂ’ve seen cows being hit and hurt. These guys just go right past, and if the cow is sitting on the road, they donÂ’t care. We canÂ’t afford to have a sacred car rather than a sacred cow.” IfsFirstsCarePastUsedGuyHurtWonderfulStreetsCarModelsSittingFirst TimeIndiaSacredDon't CareSpeedUsed To BeCowsIntoleranceNuisanceNew CarDelhiCyclistsSacred Cows Author:Vandana Shiva
“If you read Wall StreetÂ’s reports, they donÂ’t talk of soya bean as originating in China. They donÂ’t talk of soya bean as soya bean. They talk of Monsanto soya. Monsanto soya is protected by a patent. It has a patent number. It is therefore treated as a creation of Monsanto, a product of MonsantoÂ’s intelligence and innovation.” IfsNumbersStreetsCreationProductsWallInnovationChinaTreatedReportsProtectedBeansPatentsMonsanto Author:Vandana Shiva
“We could have saved Wall Street without putting our future in jeopardy. I predicted that there would be all-around consequences - in the long run as well as in the short run. People are now saying we can't afford health care reform because we spent all the money on the banks. So, in effect, we're saying that it's better that we give rich bankers a couple of trillion than giving ordinary Americans access to health care.” PeopleGivingWellsLongWould BeCareRunningRichStreetsEffectsWallCoupleOrdinaryConsequenceAccessSavedReformHealth CareOur FutureLong RunsBankersJeopardyHealth Care Reform Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“Once I start to do a film, it has inferences. If a guy walks down a street and kicks a dog, you're saying something about that guy. A guy walks down the street and somebody's about to be run over and he shoves him out of his way and gets hit by the car himself, you're saying that guy's a hero. You can't avoid making certain statements.” IfsWayRunningFilmGuyCertainWalksStreetsDogCarHeroStatementsKicksThat GuyInference Author:Sydney Pollack
“My favorites are Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, but those are a little off in terms of getting Detroit right on the head. But of course, you know, "Dancing In The Streets." You can't forget the Motor City. And we can't forget the Motor City.” KnowsLittlesCoursesTermForgetCitiesWonderStreetsDancingMotorDetroitMarvin Author:David Maraniss
“"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day," which I actually recorded on "Quality Street" because I don't think anyone has ever covered it before. You hear it every single Christmas, and it is a great record. That's by Wizzard. It is a really great record, but I don't think anyone's ever covered it before, so I had to go it doing it differently. It's quite different from how the original goes.” ThinkingDifferentWishQualityRecordsStreetsOriginalsCoveredReally GreatChristmas Eve Author:Nick Lowe
“There is a huge fan base, they're very knowledgeable and very loyal. I was astonished - before I started working on the series I didn't know anything about Game of Thrones. I hadn't heard of the books. When it started going out, people were coming up to me in the street saying [fake cockney accent] "oh, Game of Thrones, f------ wonderful.” PeopleKnowsBookGamesWonderfulHeardFansStreetsHugeSeriesLoyalGoing OutThronesKnowledgeable Author:Charles Dance
“To picture Roosevelt as a man at this time in his life - he felt he was old. He was 53 years old, feeling lonely and irrelevant. And all of a sudden, he takes on this campaign, and it becomes a crusade for popular government. And he ultimately goes on fire in the campaign, but he discovers he's up against all the old machine tactics that he used to use himself, and he has to let the public get involved. And he energizes the public through the most extreme kind of rhetoric, which truly brings him into the streets and onto his side.” MenYearsKindUseFeelingsGovernmentUsedFeltSidesFireStreetsGoes OnInvolvedLonelyMachinesExtremesCampaignsRhetoricIrrelevantTacticsGet InvolvedFeeling LonelyCrusadesOld Feelings Author:Geoffrey Cowan
“Teenagers expressing this on a daily basis in the middle of the streets - you can't help but believe we are in the mind state of taking our losses and changing people's perceptions of us and our community. We are strong. Our families are tired of being hurt.” PeopleMindBelieveStatesHelpingStrongCommunityHurtLossStreetsMiddlePerceptionBasesTiredTeenagerOur FamilyOur CommunityBeing Hurt Author:Kendrick Lamar
“We are planes, trains, and automobiles, and we're always hauling stuff up these tiny cobblestone streets, so the more mobile you are, the better.” StuffStreetsTrainTinyPlanesMobileAutomobileCobblestoneCobblestone Streets Author:Chris Harrison
“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
“I do believe that we should substantially lower student debt in this country, which is crushing millions of people. We pay for it, in my view, by a tax on Wall Street speculation. The middle class bailed out Wall Street in their time of need. Now, it is Wall Street's time to help the middle class.” PeopleNeedsShouldBelieveCountryHelpingViewsPayClassMillionsStreetsMiddleStudentsWallTaxesDebtCrushMiddle ClassSpeculationTime Of Need Author:Bernie Sanders