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The chestnut’s proud, and the lilac’s pretty, The poplar’s gentle and tall, But the plane tree’s kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all Picture Quote #1

I really love Durham more than any place I’ve ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham is the best city in the world Picture Quote #1

She began to study with a teacher of teachers, whom they brought for that purpose from the city of Mompox, and who died unexpectedly two weeks later, and she continued for several years with the best musician at the seminary, whose gravedigger’s breath distorted her arpeggios Picture Quote #1

Because I’m not really certain she’d make the best travel partner through a zombie-infested city, he hissed. She gets confused by Scrabble Picture Quote #1

Somehow I think that if Toronto had been forced to wait a decade [from 80th], it would be a better looking city Picture Quote #1

Here’s what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams Picture Quote #1

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My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs Picture Quote #1

I never really lived outside of the city growing up, but I’m always looking in between the lines of the city, and I magnetize over to the green spots Picture Quote #1

Our Lord never called His people to help build the tower of Babel in the hope of getting a Bible study in the basement. He commanded us to build our own city on a hill Picture Quote #1

I remember my first night in L.A. I was sitting outside, looking out at the city and thinking, ‘I don’t know anyone.’ I just approached it as a big adventure. I still think of it that way Picture Quote #1

A place like Sound City, which was just a big, beautiful room where you would hit record and capture the sound of the performer - a place like that isn’t necessarily in demand anymore Picture Quote #1

Growing up in any big city, you get exposed to so many beautiful cultures. I’ve grown up with a lot of open eyes around me that’s influenced my eyes to open Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always been a very lucky guy. A lot of crazy things have happened in my career, but I guess the first big break was when I moved to Mexico City from Chihuahua Picture Quote #1

I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods - that’s where I’m really happy Picture Quote #1

It’s a big change for a country boy like me, to be in the limelight in New York City. It was most definitely a tough adjustment Picture Quote #1

I live in Sydney now. I came here for the show and never went home - I do like it, it’s a big change... it’s a big city, it’s very fast Picture Quote #1

If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart’s parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker.com, he would have written something like this, the Bright Lights, Big City of the click-here-now generation Picture Quote #1

People think New York is this big city where no one knows each other, but when you live in the Village, it’s the opposite Picture Quote #1

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Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don’t give some value to friendships and it can be depressing Picture Quote #1

I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls’ schools were nearby. And I liked President Kennedy, who went to Harvard Picture Quote #1

In L.A. you live in a big city, but you feel like you’re in the countryside. For example, I can be at home in the swimming pool and be five minutes from everything Picture Quote #1

The Democratic Party is made up of trial lawyers, labor unions, government employees, big city political machines, the coercive utopians, the radical environmentalists, feminists, and others who want to restructure society with tax dollars and government fiat Picture Quote #1

I guess I just always had this idea that I would go to Hollywood. I had the typical ‘get up and go’ attitude that you have to have in order to make the brave step into the big city Picture Quote #1

You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don’t need to go to Beirut for that - but a foreign correspondent begins to understand poverty from a different perspective Picture Quote #1

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In Brussels, you are able to have a lot of appointments in a day. In Paris, you can have one, two, maybe three, but you spend all your time on the road, in the car or in the suburbs. In Brussels, everything is easy. It’s not a very big city, and the people are very quiet and warm Picture Quote #1

When I thought about Detroit, I would think big city, very urban - not a lot of places to walk around, not a lot of parks. I sort of pictured Manhattan almost, where, besides Central Park, it’s all city and big buildings. But now that I’m here, you see people pushing strollers, people hanging out in the park Picture Quote #1

When you look at a city, you know, it looks so unique. You feel this kind of uniqueness, you know, and especially if you go from a big city to a small city or if you go from one country to another. Cities look very different, often. They even feel very different. You know, and they are, of course. They certainly are Picture Quote #1

I had a dream of music and art and the big city in which I would get lost, where no one would know me and I wouldn’t know anyone, where I would work at some ordinary job, and if one day I got up in the morning and decided I wasn’t going to go to work anymore, no one would ask questions Picture Quote #1

When you’re from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city Picture Quote #1

I’m not a big city guy...there’s too many people, there’s too much traffic Picture Quote #1

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The chestnut’s proud, and the lilac’s pretty, The poplar’s gentle and tall, But the plane tree’s kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all. (City Quotes) I really love Durham more than any place I’ve ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham is the best city in the world. (City Quotes) She began to study with a teacher of teachers, whom they brought for that purpose from the city of Mompox, and who died unexpectedly two weeks later, and she continued for several years with the best musician at the seminary, whose gravedigger’s breath distorted her arpeggios. (City Quotes) Because I’m not really certain she’d make the best travel partner through a zombie-infested city, he hissed. She gets confused by Scrabble. (City Quotes) Somehow I think that if Toronto had been forced to wait a decade [from 80th], it would be a better looking city. (City Quotes) Here’s what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams. (City Quotes) My boyhood life in New York City has impressed me with the popular ignorance and also with the great need of something better than local lore and weather proverbs. (City Quotes) I never really lived outside of the city growing up, but I’m always looking in between the lines of the city, and I magnetize over to the green spots. (City Quotes) Our Lord never called His people to help build the tower of Babel in the hope of getting a Bible study in the basement. He commanded us to build our own city on a hill. (City Quotes) I remember my first night in L.A. I was sitting outside, looking out at the city and thinking, ‘I don’t know anyone.’ I just approached it as a big adventure. I still think of it that way. (City Quotes) A place like Sound City, which was just a big, beautiful room where you would hit record and capture the sound of the performer - a place like that isn’t necessarily in demand anymore. (City Quotes) Growing up in any big city, you get exposed to so many beautiful cultures. I’ve grown up with a lot of open eyes around me that’s influenced my eyes to open. (City Quotes) I’ve always been a very lucky guy. A lot of crazy things have happened in my career, but I guess the first big break was when I moved to Mexico City from Chihuahua. (City Quotes) I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods - that’s where I’m really happy. (City Quotes) It’s a big change for a country boy like me, to be in the limelight in New York City. It was most definitely a tough adjustment. (City Quotes) I live in Sydney now. I came here for the show and never went home - I do like it, it’s a big change... it’s a big city, it’s very fast. (City Quotes) If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart’s parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker.com, he would have written something like this, the Bright Lights, Big City of the click-here-now generation. (City Quotes) People think New York is this big city where no one knows each other, but when you live in the Village, it’s the opposite. (City Quotes) Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don’t give some value to friendships and it can be depressing. (City Quotes) I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls’ schools were nearby. And I liked President Kennedy, who went to Harvard. (City Quotes) In L.A. you live in a big city, but you feel like you’re in the countryside. For example, I can be at home in the swimming pool and be five minutes from everything. (City Quotes) The Democratic Party is made up of trial lawyers, labor unions, government employees, big city political machines, the coercive utopians, the radical environmentalists, feminists, and others who want to restructure society with tax dollars and government fiat. (City Quotes) I guess I just always had this idea that I would go to Hollywood. I had the typical ‘get up and go’ attitude that you have to have in order to make the brave step into the big city. (City Quotes) You can learn all about the human condition from covering the crime beat in a big city - you don’t need to go to Beirut for that - but a foreign correspondent begins to understand poverty from a different perspective. (City Quotes) In Brussels, you are able to have a lot of appointments in a day. In Paris, you can have one, two, maybe three, but you spend all your time on the road, in the car or in the suburbs. In Brussels, everything is easy. It’s not a very big city, and the people are very quiet and warm. (City Quotes) When I thought about Detroit, I would think big city, very urban - not a lot of places to walk around, not a lot of parks. I sort of pictured Manhattan almost, where, besides Central Park, it’s all city and big buildings. But now that I’m here, you see people pushing strollers, people hanging out in the park. (City Quotes) When you look at a city, you know, it looks so unique. You feel this kind of uniqueness, you know, and especially if you go from a big city to a small city or if you go from one country to another. Cities look very different, often. They even feel very different. You know, and they are, of course. They certainly are. (City Quotes) I had a dream of music and art and the big city in which I would get lost, where no one would know me and I wouldn’t know anyone, where I would work at some ordinary job, and if one day I got up in the morning and decided I wasn’t going to go to work anymore, no one would ask questions. (City Quotes) When you’re from Weir, Mississippi, almost everywhere you go looks like the big city (City Quotes) I’m not a big city guy...there’s too many people, there’s too much traffic. (City Quotes)

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