"Those who remember New York in the 1970s, as I do, look back on a city that had hit a very rough patch - decaying, bankrupt, and crime-ridden. But fun."

-- Graydon Carter

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“What art should do, I think, is advance the generation into the next era. It should be one step ahead of the ordinary, ahead of what is already known. Art is what pulls on the next age. Iâ€™m not saying that my art is that, but that it would be good if it could be.”

Source : Andy Couturier (2010). “A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance”, p.278, Stone Bridge Press
“I'm having a great time. I get to travel and see the world. And yeah, I'll have a family, because I don't want to miss out on that amazing experience, but it's not defining who I am.”

Source : "Krysten Ritter: Master Pool Shark". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. April 13, 2012.
“Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love.”
“In my first stand-up acts there wasn't material even. You know, I'd go on stage and cry and read a Dear John letter or gut fish on stage. I could be odd - and it's what interested me as a comedian.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'.”
“The sun shines. Readers read.”
“What we are saying is that on top of the warming trend there is a long-periodic oscillation that will probably lead to a lower temperature increase than we would expect from the current trend during the next years.”
“When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.”

Source : "Testimony". Book edited by Solomon Volkov, transl. by Antonina W. Bouis, New York: Limelight, P. 175, 2004.

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