I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker.

quote by Armand Assante
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On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood. All Americans became New Yorkers.

quote by George Pataki
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I am one of the 11.5% of New Yorkers who remain traumatized by the events of September 11.

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8th Avenue Shuffle

Patrick simmons
Hey, hey, honey, whats on your mind
Well, you said that sleepin with a poor bands not your style
Aint that just a little unkind
Hey, marlon brando, what would you do in a spot like this
I dont play as your pawn tonight
Doin the new york hustle with a hundred dollar miss
Summer night in the city
New york girls they always make you feel so fine
Theres music, and I can always hear it playin
New york nights and theres music in the streets
A doin the eighth avenue shuffle on a friday afternoon
With the hum of a thousand engines
Singin that old familiar tune
And now yakety yak and dont talk back
When a guy lay me down with my pontiac
Tell those high school queens of mine that the
Prom was for your monkey shine
Try n a catch a cab in new york city
New york girls are oh, so pretty

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song performed by Doobie Brothers
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As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America.

quote by Laurie Anderson
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New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

quote by Jane Pauley
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Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.

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Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation.

quote by Vito Fossella
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I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.

quote by Judy Holliday
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New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city.

Lewis Mumford in My Works and Days (1979)
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Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.

quote by Johnny Carson
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How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?

quote by Leonard Slatkin
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Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.

quote by E.B. White
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New York Minute

Harry got up
Dressed all in black
Went down to the station
And he never came back
They found his clothing
Scattered somewhere down the track
And he wont be down on wall street
In the morning
He had a home
The love of a girl
But men get lost sometimes
As years unfold
One day he crossed some line
And he was too much in this world
But I guess it doesnt matter anymore
In a new york minute
Everything can change
In a new york minute
Things can get pretty strange
In a new york minute

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song performed by Eagles
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New York Minute

Harry got up
Dressed all in black
Went down to the station
And he never came back
They found his clothing
Scattered somewhere down the track
And he wont be down on wall street
In the morning
He had a home
The love of a girl
But men get lost sometimes
As years unfurl
One day he crossed some line
And he was too much in this world
But I guess it doesnt matter anymore
In a new york minute
Everything can change
In a new york minute
Things can get pretty strange
In a new york minute

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song performed by Don Henley
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New York Morning, Glimpse of Beauty

Sunrise, and I read the New Yorker magazine
its poems not of the city, even might
have written them myself, it seems

The heat grows, I toss out the New York Times
Vade Mecum of commute, tired of the weight
of business and estate, pages that I never use

And now the New York streets, unforgiving
red-light-jumping cars, pedestrians running on
adrenalin and wheels, upending

all the slow, a boy on crutches
baby carriage
scattered in their haste

to steal a march upon
the New York morning sun
And even those possessed

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poem by Frank Bana
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I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York City.

quote by Peter Jurasik
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The history of Hillary Clinton as a five-year senator is to promote Hillary Clinton and not the needs of New Yorkers.

quote by John Spencer
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Better Weather Here Than Somewhere Else

It's a Northern winter wonderland
Happy couples walking hand in hand
Department stores aglow with lights
Christmas trees always in sight
Snow falls down on New York City
Snow falls down on New York City

It's true that the place is lit up bright
And maybe the streets look amazing at night
And while the country can seem kind of plain
Alabama's got sunshine when New York's got rain

Frost on rooftops and gifts with bows
Teddy bears in shop windows
Santa in the mall with children on his lap
So much to do, so many presents to wrap
And snow falls down on New York City
Snow falls down on New York City

It's true that the place is lit up bright

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poem by Akara K.
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Am I Ever Gonna Fall In Love In Nyc?

When I finally got my wish to work in new york city,
It isnt everything that I hoped it would be,
? , lonely eye, gazing at the city tops,
Wondering if there isnt someone in there just for me,
Am I ever gonna fall in love in new york city?
Will I ever find a home so far from tenassee?
Theres no future in the single bars, nothing but the one night stars,
Am I ever gonna fall in love in new york city?
My ambition and wish ?
But Im missin the tradition,
Everybody in a hurry,
No ones got the time and no ones got the time of day.
Am I ever gonna fall in love in new york city?
Will I ever find a home so far from tenassee?
Theres no future in the single bars, nothing but the one night stars,
Am I ever gonna fall in love in new york city?
One city isnt pretty if you see it on your own,
Its a fabulous place ?
Theres no one I know to cherish, no one I can hug, and no one around ? day.
Am I ever gonna fall in love in new york city?

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song performed by Grace Jones
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