Quotes with york-based

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  • Albert Maltz When I joined the Communist movement in 1935 it was based upon the belief that mankind's future was to be found there. Certainly, millions who joined it the world over, like myself, didn't join it for profit.
    Albert Maltz
    American playwright and fiction writer (1908 - 1985)
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  • Carine Roitfeld When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Ann Beattie When I lived in New York, not only did I have safety locks on the door but I had the music going, keeping the city at a distance, trying to find creative time and peace and so forth.
    Ann Beattie
    American novelist (1947 - )
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  • Becki Newton When I read the 'Ugly Betty' pilot, I thought, 'Oh, this part's funny.' I said to my husband, 'I'm going to get it!' But based on what? All my exquisite comedic work in a Nike commercial?
    Becki Newton
    American actress (1978 - )
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  • Brandi Carlile When I started out, I was definitely writing about experiences that I hadn't had yet. The songs were just based on my influences, songwriters that had written songs before me and that were more experienced and 20, 30 years older than me.
    Brandi Carlile
    American singer-songwriter and producer (1981 - )
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  • Bruce Conner When I was in New York it was like a maze, a rat maze, going from one little box to another little box and passing through passageways to get from one safe haven to another.
    Looking for Bruce Conner
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  • Brandon Sanderson When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and one foot in science fiction.
    Brandon Sanderson
    American author of epic fantasy and science fiction (1975 - )
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  • Carl Hagelin When I'm in the city, I like to go to different events and get introduced to different people. That's what New York is all about. There is great diversity, and there are people from all over the world who have done amazing things. That's my favorite thing to do: meet new people.
    Carl Hagelin
    Swedish ice hockey player (1988 - )
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  • Augusten Burroughs When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.
    Augusten Burroughs
    American writer (1965 - )
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  • Ben Feldman When you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It's sort of easy, and a lot of times it just feels sort of rote and simple. Whereas when you go to New York and you audition for plays, you walk out sweaty and intimidated and nervous and doubting yourself as an actor.
    Ben Feldman
    American actor (1980 - )
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  • Carlos Santana When you fly to New York, sometimes they put you on hold and you just go round and around in a holding pattern. Sometimes in a concert, I feel other spirits in a holding pattern that they want to land through my heart and through my fingers.
    Carlos Santana
    Mexican and American guitarist (1947 - )
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  • Casey Wilson When you move to New York, especially, you feel like you need to be something.
    Casey Wilson
    American actress, comedian, and screenwriter (1980 - )
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  • William Goldman Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.
    William Goldman
    American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1931 - 2018)
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  • Campbell Brown Women get scrutinized based on appearance far more than men. And look, I speak from experience here. When I wear a bad outfit on the air, I get viewer e-mail complaining about it. A lot of e-mail. Seriously.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Brian De Palma Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
    Brian De Palma
    American film director and screenwriter (1940 - )
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  • Bobby Sherman Yes, I'm supposed to go back to New York to do Geraldo, and we're going to be doing The Tonight Show.
    Bobby Sherman
    American singer and actor (1943 - )
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  • William Lyon Phelps You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.
    William Lyon Phelps
    American author, critic and scholar (1865 - 1943)
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  • Carey Mulligan You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home.
    Carey Mulligan
    English actress (1985 - )
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  • Carl Sagan You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe.
    Cosmos
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Salman Rushdie You can't have modern states based on ideas which have been out of date for a thousand years.
    Salman Rushdie
    Engels writer (1947 - )
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