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Urban Quotes

Pigeons are among the most maligned urban wildlife despite the fact that human beings brought them to our shores and turned them loose in our cities - not something that they chose Picture Quote #1

I’m not sure I could write a straight urban fantasy any more than I could write a straight contemporary story. I would end up being intimidated by all the small details Picture Quote #1

A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life Picture Quote #1

I hope to focus on what I’m passionate about because I think I’d do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and children’s issues and literacy Picture Quote #1

When we are trying to come up with new health laws, you bring doctors, you bring experts in medicine. In urban planning, you bring the best architects. How it is possible that when we are talking about the way we are going to feed America, no chef shows up in the room? Picture Quote #1

If some of the recovery money had gone to cities instead of states, the urban population, read Black and Brown, would be better off with recovery jobs Picture Quote #1

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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example 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

My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies Picture Quote #1

The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies, black studies, history, musicology, comparative literature, English, linguistics, and other disciplines Picture Quote #1

I’m going to be a fashion icon in a minute. I’m not going to do it in a corny manner. I have a voice that speaks for a whole other market - not just black people, but high fashion urban people. I mix street wear with high fashion. It’s never been seen before Picture Quote #1

Since the beginning of my recording career in 1975, I have had a little difficulty because the pop stations think I’m a jazzer who doesn’t have a feeling for pop, so it’s hard to get my records played. Similarly, black urban radio doesn’t understand that with my R Picture Quote #1

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I’m not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind, urban and pastoral, lyricism and hardboiled, men and women, joy and grief. I tried to do quite a lot, but I wanted to create a serious work of literature Picture Quote #1

There’s no real organised body, ... so through the internet people have spread their videos, spread photos, and spread word of a new urban movement Picture Quote #1

In college, I was a fiercely committed Democrat - a meeting with Jack Kemp, then Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenged my blind partisanship Picture Quote #1

After Yale Law School, I was proud to try to live up to my parents’ example and began my career working for The Urban Justice Center in the streets of Newark, organizing residents to fight for better housing conditions Picture Quote #1

With the success of Immature, I wanted to start the group B2K, which ended up being one of the biggest urban boy bands in history Picture Quote #1

Where people are using phones in rural areas their risk of brain cancer is higher than in urban areas Picture Quote #1

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I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small, rural town in France. Hip hop has made a huge impact on urban culture. Yet many brands still don’t speak to young people in a tone and manner that’s representative of them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We had a very normal, sort of ghetto, urban upbringing. My father was a bus driver and my mother was a seamstress and a substitute schoolteacher, off and on. So, that all adds up to no money Picture Quote #1

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It’s constantly stimulating, it’s like a slap in the face Picture Quote #1

We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers may feel the same way Picture Quote #1

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Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it’s about a complete change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment and social security Picture Quote #1

The right to the city is far more than the individual liberty to access urban resources: it is a right to change ourselves by changing the city Picture Quote #1

Reversed [Hillary Clinton’s] position on charter schools, reversed her position on changing the way our urban education is run, because she has sold out to the teachers union Picture Quote #1

Urban women don’t breed in their twenties. Shortly after, I became a mother too, which is why I was probably so child friendly Picture Quote #1

I found ‘Bordertown’ when I was standing on the border between childhood and my teens, and it carried me past that transition. In the process, it helped to create the next step of its own evolution: the modern urban fantasy owes a lot more to ‘Bordertown’ than many people will ever know Picture Quote #1

Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well Picture Quote #1

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Pigeons are among the most maligned urban wildlife despite the fact that human beings brought them to our shores and turned them loose in our cities - not something that they chose. (Urban Quotes) I’m not sure I could write a straight urban fantasy any more than I could write a straight contemporary story. I would end up being intimidated by all the small details. (Urban Quotes) A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life. (Urban Quotes) I hope to focus on what I’m passionate about because I think I’d do them best job on them - education, urban education, women and children’s issues and literacy. (Urban Quotes) When we are trying to come up with new health laws, you bring doctors, you bring experts in medicine. In urban planning, you bring the best architects. How it is possible that when we are talking about the way we are going to feed America, no chef shows up in the room? (Urban Quotes) If some of the recovery money had gone to cities instead of states, the urban population, read Black and Brown, would be better off with recovery jobs. (Urban Quotes) Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example (Urban 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. (Urban Quotes) My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies (Urban Quotes) The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies, black studies, history, musicology, comparative literature, English, linguistics, and other disciplines. (Urban Quotes) I’m going to be a fashion icon in a minute. I’m not going to do it in a corny manner. I have a voice that speaks for a whole other market - not just black people, but high fashion urban people. I mix street wear with high fashion. It’s never been seen before. (Urban Quotes) Since the beginning of my recording career in 1975, I have had a little difficulty because the pop stations think I’m a jazzer who doesn’t have a feeling for pop, so it’s hard to get my records played. Similarly, black urban radio doesn’t understand that with my R (Urban Quotes) I’m not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind, urban and pastoral, lyricism and hardboiled, men and women, joy and grief. I tried to do quite a lot, but I wanted to create a serious work of literature. (Urban Quotes) There’s no real organised body, ... so through the internet people have spread their videos, spread photos, and spread word of a new urban movement. (Urban Quotes) In college, I was a fiercely committed Democrat - a meeting with Jack Kemp, then Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, challenged my blind partisanship. (Urban Quotes) After Yale Law School, I was proud to try to live up to my parents’ example and began my career working for The Urban Justice Center in the streets of Newark, organizing residents to fight for better housing conditions. (Urban Quotes) With the success of Immature, I wanted to start the group B2K, which ended up being one of the biggest urban boy bands in history. (Urban Quotes) Where people are using phones in rural areas their risk of brain cancer is higher than in urban areas. (Urban Quotes) Like Free People, the Urban brand is planning to grow by expanding product assortments, expanding the brand reach and by improved marketing. (Urban Quotes) I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small, rural town in France. Hip hop has made a huge impact on urban culture. Yet many brands still don’t speak to young people in a tone and manner that’s representative of them. (Urban Quotes) 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. (Urban Quotes) We had a very normal, sort of ghetto, urban upbringing. My father was a bus driver and my mother was a seamstress and a substitute schoolteacher, off and on. So, that all adds up to no money. (Urban Quotes) The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It’s constantly stimulating, it’s like a slap in the face. (Urban Quotes) We want to bring enterprise back to blighted urban areas. People there have been told nothing is ever going to change. The policy makers may feel the same way. (Urban Quotes) Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it’s about a complete change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment and social security. (Urban Quotes) The right to the city is far more than the individual liberty to access urban resources: it is a right to change ourselves by changing the city. (Urban Quotes) Reversed [Hillary Clinton’s] position on charter schools, reversed her position on changing the way our urban education is run, because she has sold out to the teachers union. (Urban Quotes) Urban women don’t breed in their twenties. Shortly after, I became a mother too, which is why I was probably so child friendly. (Urban Quotes) I found ‘Bordertown’ when I was standing on the border between childhood and my teens, and it carried me past that transition. In the process, it helped to create the next step of its own evolution: the modern urban fantasy owes a lot more to ‘Bordertown’ than many people will ever know. (Urban Quotes) Two-thirds of all growth takes place in cities because, by simple fact of population density, our urban spaces are perfect innovation labs. The modern metropolis is jam-packed. People are living atop one another; their ideas are as well. (Urban Quotes)

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