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“New York's such a wonderful city. Although I was at the library today. The guys are very rude. I said, "I'd like a card." He says, "You have to prove you're a citizen of New York." So I stabbed him.”
Emo Philips
“Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much...the wheel, New York, wars and so on...while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man...for precisely the same reason.”
Douglas Adams
“I miss New York. I still love how people talk to you on the street - just assault you and tell you what they think of your jacket.”
Madonna
“That's another reason I love New York. Just like that, it can go from bad to cute.”
Sarah Jessica Parker
“If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.”
Ricky Williams
“I can't wait to get back to New York City where at least when I walk down the streat, no one ever hesitates to tell me exactly what they think of me.”
Ani Difranco
“It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.”
O. Henry
“New York is an exciting town where something is happening all the time, most unsolved.”
Johnny Carson
“New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.”
Djuna Barnes
“The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between the magnificent skyscrapers one feels the presence on the fringe of a howling, raging mob, a mob with empty bellies, a mob unshaven and in rags.”
Henry Miller
