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Quotes About New York

Many people don't know our famous 'soup kitchen' episode on Seinfeld was inspired by an actual soup restaurant off 8th Avenue in New York.
~ Jason Alexander
When I'm in L.A., I have salads, sandwiches, and soups all the time. Eating in New York, I feel like I have to have pizza and bagels while I'm here!
~ Peyton List
I still dream about 'New York' mag. It's kind of weird. I dream I'm part-time, and they can't find a full-time job for me. It's usually that I can't find a lead, and I call all my great sources and say, 'Can you help me out?'
~ Jeannette Walls
I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York when I was 18.
~ Lindsay Mendez
I'm glad I'm Southern. I'm the Southerner who's very Southern in that she left to move to New York.
~ Parker Posey
New Yorkers tend to have a wall up. Being from the South, I didn't have that. It helped me meet a lot of people. And, as a Southerner, I love wearing color. New York is a sea of black. My popping out in pink was definitely noticed.
~ Tinsley Mortimer
New York is great, but the New England fans are probably the most knowledgeable and ardent fans, and not just in baseball, but all sports. But Red Sox Nation is Red Sox Nation.
~ Dick Williams
In New York, we're always confined with spaces. Our restaurants are difficult to navigate as cooks and to operate. We fight against the buildings we run in New York.
~ David Chang
I was born in Boston. I spent time in Boston and in Spain. My family now lives in Spain. I moved to New York when I was 19 years old and I have lived here ever since. For me, I feel like I have spent 10 years sharing that story over and over again. And now it seems like it's not enough.
~ Hilaria Baldwin
Reason to move to New York: I don't to get left behind
~ Holly Smale, Picture Perfect
Their courtship unfolded in two settings, a Russian reality overlaid with New York memories
~ Sana Krasikov
and I wondered whether he might have stayed alive had he gone to New York instead.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nick got home the first week in December, to find New York still wallowing in its post-Armistice euphoria. Service men were celebrities wherever they went, and nothing was too good for them-especially the ones who were wounded-until it came down to such practical matters as finding housing or a job...It too him awhile to come to the conclusion that all the talk about help for veterans was just that, and anything that was done for him would have to be done by himself.
~ Nathaniel Benchley
E. B. White wrote, "No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky."1
~ Charles J. Shields
Everything hurts. People are talking in the halls, but no one seems to be evacuating the building. This is the nature of New York City: alarms go off so often that no one wants to respond to them until things start burning down or blowing up in front of their eyes.
~ Charlie Huston
If I were to be stuck in New York, I would be miserable. I love N.Y.C. but it's not enough.
~ Sonja Morgan
I miss the anonymity that comes with New York because everyone around you is so immersed in their own journey.
~ Jordana Brewster
When I moved to the United States, I first went to California to be the chef at Campton Place. As much as I loved California, I really missed the seasons. So when I moved to New York, I had that again.
~ Daniel Humm
I do find myself missing the energy of New York more and more often as my time away from the city progresses.
~ Hunter Schafer
New York is a Show Me state. We're like Missouri.
~ Stephon Marbury
I decided if it was going to be a mistake to come to New York and try and make a career in fashion, then it was going to be my mistake... But the American dream is real. I'm living it.
~ Prabal Gurung
When I lived in New York, never in my life had I been more mistaken for another than David Chang.
~ David Choe
My favorite thing about New York is the people, because I think they're misunderstood. I don't think people realize how kind New York people are.
~ Bill Murray
I was going out dancing in clubs around New York, and that helped create 'Supermassive Black Hole.' Franz Ferdinand would have done it very well with that dance-type beat going on mixed with alternative guitar, and I've always wanted to find that.
~ Matt Bellamy