"In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you're told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is."

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Source : Simon Hoggart (1990). “America: A User's Guide”, HarperCollins

Simon Hoggart

#New York Quotes #Stars Quotes #Jobs Quotes

“Who doesn’t have a polo shirt? Only somebody from, like, Lake Minnetonka.”
“Acting is definitely put at the back of my mind, if it's there at all right now. It's all entertainment.”
“For business, our internet love affair was a gift from the gods.”
“The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.”
“For mine is the old belief... There is a soil in every leaf.”
“This is true for most new products. The majority of people you're competing with are non-users. They are people who have never used your service before. And what they say is actually the most important. What they say is the thing that blocks you from expanding the size of your market with your features.”
“Nature is not evil. The world occasionally shrugs its shoulders, and people get knocked off. The earth, for geological reasons that are well known, is a fairly risky place to live. To be evil, you have to have intent. Any remarkable natural happening in which no human will is employed cannot be regarded as evil.”
“There was a perception that the emerging-market problems aren't over and concern that may Brazil devalue.”

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