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Cities Quotes

"A culture, we all know, is made by its cities."

"A culture, we all know, is made by its cities."

Derek Walcott, Trinidadian Playwright

Cities, Culture

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"It's a kind of madness in cosmopolitan cities now."

"It's a kind of madness in cosmopolitan cities now."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Cities, Madness, Now

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"Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country."

"Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country."

William Jennings Bryan, American Lawyer

Cities, Country, Magic, Spring

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"I can set up shop anywhere. I've got my oils, I've got my yoga mat and I'm good to go. I must know good yoga classes in about 25 cities on this planet."

"I can set up shop anywhere. I've got my oils, I've got my yoga mat and I'm good to go. I must know good yoga classes in about 25 cities on this planet."

Minnie Driver, English Actress

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"As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile."

"As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile."

Shmuel Y. Agnon, Israeli Writer

Cities, Israel, Land, Result

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"Global warming has melted the polar ice caps, raised the levels of the oceans and flooded the earth's great cities. Despite its evident prosperity, New Jersey is scarcely Utopia."

"Global warming has melted the polar ice caps, raised the levels of the oceans and flooded the earth's great cities. Despite its evident prosperity, New Jersey is scarcely Utopia."

Godfried Danneels, Belgian Clergyman

Cities, Earth, Global warming, Oceans

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"Our fifty principal cities contain 39.3 per cent of our entire German population, and 45.8 per cent of the Irish. Our ten larger cities only nine per cent of the entire population, but 23 per cent of the foreign."

"Our fifty principal cities contain 39.3 per cent of our entire German population, and 45.8 per cent of the Irish. Our ten larger cities only nine per cent of the entire population, but 23 per cent of the foreign."

Josiah Strong, American Clergyman

Cities, Irish, Population

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"Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities."

"Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Cities, Now, Sleep

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"As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed."

"As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed."

Josiah Strong, American Clergyman

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"There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one."

"There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one."

Isaac Hanson, American Musician

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"I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times."

"I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times."

Jack Irons, American Musician

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"Cities are the greatest creations of humanity."

"Cities are the greatest creations of humanity."

Daniel Libeskind, Polish Architect

Cities, Humanity

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"We could raise prodigious cities and create nations, and explore the universe."

"We could raise prodigious cities and create nations, and explore the universe."

Jose C. Orozco, Mexican Muralist

Cities, Nations, Universe

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"I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none."

"I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none."

Olivier Messiaen, French Composer

Cities, Colors, Jazz, Military

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"I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit."

"I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit."

John Lee Hooker, American Musician

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"I love to watch cities wake up, and Paris wakes up more abruptly, more startlingly, than any place I know."

"I love to watch cities wake up, and Paris wakes up more abruptly, more startlingly, than any place I know."

Bill Bryson, American Writer

Cities, Observation, Morning, Beauty

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"Probably for every man there is at least one city that sooner or later turns into a girl. How well or how badly the man actually knew the girl doesn't necessarily affect the transformation. She was there, and she was the whole city, and that's that."

"Probably for every man there is at least one city that sooner or later turns into a girl. How well or how badly the man actually knew the girl doesn't necessarily affect the transformation. She was there, and she was the whole city, and that's that."

J.D. Salinger, American Politician

Cities, City, Love, Metaphor, Memory

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