Quotes About Urban

Normally, I am a vocal advocate for 'looking both ways' and 'knowing the size of one's own body.' But working, socialising and simply running errands in Manhattan, means I am bound to break my own rules on occasion.

Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became the vox populi of America, and then as an adult he shattered racial barriers.

Hip-hop I never really got really into mainly just because I'm not a big fan of rap. I do like R&B artists like Beyonce. I'm a big fan of her mainly because of her vocals. They're just so awesome. I love her and Christina Aguilera, and that whole urban kind of feel is really great, especially with my voice.

I am an urban vegan. I love the glossy pages of 'Vogue,' even though I won't purchase the leather shoes and bags I see there, and being reminded that the fur trade even exists breaks my heart.

I'm on my phone 24-7. I see everything. I hear everything. I am the voice of the streets.

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.

My idea is to fill an intersection with color. That will include the road and the sidewalk and up the building, so there's a cubic volume of color in the intersection wedged between four corners and four buildings.

In terms of the most unique thing we do socially, my vote goes to something we invented alongside cities - we have lots of anonymous interactions and interactions with strangers. That has shaped us enormously.

We are not, in some fundamental ways, a single country. The map of that vast red swatch of states and rural counties that voted for Trump, and the blue coastal edges and scattered urban centers where Clinton won, are a pictograph of mutual contempt.

Our message in rural America is just as powerful as it is in urban America. But because we haven't been a physical presence there in any sustained way, we have a lot of voters there who no longer believe that the Democratic Party is working for them.

I've stood in rooms in urban, rural, and suburban parts of my state and asked a room of middle class voters to raise their hands if the college debt of someone in their family is affecting their financial situation. Without exception, at least three quarters of the room will raise their hand.

I walk all over Los Angeles and people seldom recognize me.

When I'm in London, I get a veggie-box sent up every week, with the latest pickings.

In Los Angeles, wealth and poverty are separated by the freeways. In New York, they're next to each other.

Everyone is in a rush in New York, even in restaurants and in cafes. You dont have the serenity. That, I think, is very important in order to read.

I have an image of Shanghai, which is quite different from other directors, I think. The story of Shanghai should happen in back alleys.

New York grew up before the automobile. And even though it's full of cars, its shape and form didn't get created around the automobile.

I grew up in New York. It was anything but sheltered.

I just want to shine a light on the city of Chicago.

I'm much more of a city girl. I like the mall. I like shopping.

If movies are set in New York, they really should be shot in New York.

When I walk down the street people shout from their cars and their vans.

If I'm telling an L.A. story, I want to tell a fresh L.A. story and show places that haven't been shown before.

Living in London is awesome.