“I'm a huge fan of John Hughes and can say that 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' is easily a top 3 favorite. I'm also a huge fan of all the Second City talent, and I think my Dad and Bill Murray are long lost twins.” ThinkingLongLostCitiesFansTalentHugeDadBillsTrainMy DadPlanesTwinsAutomobileSecond City Author:Ryan McPartlin
“I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities, improve their talents but impair their virtues; and strengthen their minds but weaken their morals.” MindFoundCitiesMoralVirtueTalentEthics Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community. It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods.” MenNeedsMindChildrenBodyDesireGoalPresidentCommunityCitiesQualityBeautyTalentDemandConcernedHungerPresidentialGoodsQuantityCommerceGreat Society Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Working with the kind of talent that I've gotten to work with, like the cast of Sin City, it makes me think probably more fully dimensionally about what is going on behind their eyes. But I draw the way I draw, and ain't nothing gonna change that. Although, I draw Marv and I think, "Boy, I could throw a little Mickey [Rourke] in there."” ThinkingWayKindLittlesEyeSinCitiesBehindsBoysTalentDrawsCastsMickeySin City Author:Frank Miller
“There are people who have a penchant for cities-more than that, a talent for them, a gift of sensing them, of feeling their rhythm and pulsebeats, as others have a highly developed music sense, or color reaction. It is a thing that cannot be acquired.” PeopleFeelingsCitiesTalentColorReactionsRhythmSensing Book:Fanny Herself Source: Fanny Herself
“There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.” LongWaitingCitiesStepsTalentSouthBeachComptonLong Beach Author:Ice Cube
“Cincinnati at that time was also beginning to realize it had major cartooning talent in Jim Borgman, at the city's other paper, and I didn't benefit from the comparison.His footsteps seemed like good ones to follow, so I cultivated an interest in politics, and Borgman helped me a lot in learning how to construct an editorial cartoon. Neither of us dreamed I'd end up in the same town on the opposite paper.” EndsInterestRealizingCitiesTalentPaperBenefitsMajorsOppositesTownsComparisonCartoonConstructsFootstepsEditorialsInterest In Politics Author:Bill Watterson
“The implausible, well-nigh-miraculous functioning anarchy that we know as New York is adorned with every excellence of Western art. It is a city of manifold suggestions, which ministers to every ambition, engenders a thousand talents, nurtures ingenuity and experimentation.” KnowsWellsArtCitiesTalentNew YorkThousandAmbitionExcellenceWesternMinistersAnarchyNurtureSuggestionsMiraculousIngenuityExperimentationManifold Book:Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy Source: Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy
“We're proud of the work we're doing to make Chicago a great city for people of all ages. Nothing's more important than keeping in mind the needs of older adults - and how valuable a role they play in improving the city, based on their amazing collective talent and wisdom.” PeopleNeedsMindImportantPlayAgeCitiesRolesTalentProudAdultsValuableCollectivesChicagoImprovingGreat CitiesOlder Adults Author:Rahm Emanuel
“If you aren't born here, to be a real New Yorker, you have to bring your talent, be a successful mentor, and support the New Yorkers who made the city by giving back.” IfsGivingMadeRealBornCitiesSupportSuccessfulTalentMentorGiving BackNew Yorkers Author:Daniel Boulud
“The influence that Oakland has on my sound is about 90%. There's so many different elements to Oakland. Of course you have the street elements, but then you also have the culture and there's so much culture around. It's a competitive city, it's full of just great artists and talent. It gave me the confidence, the passion, the realness I try my hardest to portray, so it has had about 90% influence on me.” TryingDifferentArtistCulturePassionCoursesSoundCitiesInfluenceStreetsTalentElementsHardestGreat ArtGreat ArtistRealnessOakland Author:Adrian Marcel