Jesse Spencer Quotes
Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.
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I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.
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Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
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Muslims remain the most convenient target for prejudice in a city like Delhi, which is far more ghettoized than Bombay or Bangalore, for example.
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I love New York. It's hard to explain, but it's the energy of the city. It's not like L.A. where everything is spread out.
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Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.
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Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there!
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Now, my father Matthias was not only eminent on account of is nobility, but had a higher commendation on account of his righteousness, and was in great reputation in Jerusalem, the greatest city we have.
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There's very little you're not exposed to in New York City, in terms of ideas and physical things - sights, sounds, smells, different kinds of people. But one good thing about growing up fast is you get over it fast, too.
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In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.
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It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.
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I think Star City should have Unesco World Heritage status. It will need to be adapted a little bit and made more glamorous than it looks now, but it should definitely be protected for the future.
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In the city, a lot of crime happens, a lot of violence happens from time to time.
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Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.
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I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.
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Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.
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From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
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Chinatown is tremendously interesting... It's a part of the city that hasn't really been explored in crime literature or in any general literature. It's as though Chinatown didn't exist. People write about New York without mentioning Chinatown at all.
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I left for New York expecting to repeat my success, only to be turned down by almost every publisher in that city, till the Viking Press, my American publishers of a lifetime, thought of taking me on.
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I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.
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When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bowler hats. It was into this world that I launched my new ideas about fashion.
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We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.
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Psychotherapy works, and some types of therapy have been shown to be much more effective than antidepressants over the long run.
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A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow.
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Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.
