"New York is not a city to return to in defeat."

-- Moss Hart

#New York Quotes #Cities Quotes #Return Quotes

“I tend to stay out of the public eye a little, compared to some of my peers.”
“I don't doubt for a moment that the revolution will result in a nonracial society. I have just come from being a patient in Groote Schuur Hospital where they now have integrated wards. For the first time in my life, I have seen it working. The patients were mixed, the staff was mixed, and the medical officers were mixed; it was totally integrated. It was beautiful. White and black together. And it works. To me that is terribly exciting.”
“[Hollywood] always sounds glamorous when you're young.”
“I don't want you to follow me or anyone else. If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of the capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are. I would not lead you into this promised land if I could because if I could lead you in, someone else could lead you out.”
“The short-cut to popularity is to lend everyone your ears, instead of giving them your tongue”

Source : Frank Bettger (2009). “How I Raised Myself From Failure”, p.102, Simon and Schuster
“The image-managers encourage the individual to fashion himself into a smooth coin, negotiable in any market.”
“You've got to bend with the wind or you're broken.”

Source : Ernest J. Gaines, John Lowe (1995). “Conversations with Ernest Gaines”, p.128, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“No more humiliation for me, thanks very much. No more swallowing my anger. Honestly, I couldn't manage another mouthful. But it was delicious. Did you make it yourself?”

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