"Those who know New York City primarily through tourism or mass culture may think of us natives as possessing certain shared characteristics, not all of them flattering. But the true, volatile charisma of New York lies in how balkanised it is."

-- Jonathan Dee

#New York Quotes #Lying Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I think that we're always drawn - particularly sophisticated people - are always drawn to the idea of simplicity.”
“It's a tough marketplace right now... It is very compressed... A turnaround is likely to happen quicker than before.”
“A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.”

Source : "The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations" by Robert Andrews, (p. 255), 1987.
“God is in the details.”
“It's not every day you do something that's never been done before.”
“As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.”
“it is a little considered fact that simply in the process of becoming a mother, one does not automatically become a saint.”

Source : EUGENIA PRICE (1959). “WOMAN TO WOMAN”
“That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.”

Source : William Wordsworth, “Ode On Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood”

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