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"London is the clearing-house of the world."

"London is the clearing-house of the world."

Joseph Chamberlain, British Politician

City, London, World

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"When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast."

"When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast."

Jane Byrne, American Politician

City, Chicago, Cities, Contrast, Eyes

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"Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night."

"Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night."

Rupert Brooke, English Poet

City, Cats, Cities, Night, Will

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"One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years."

"One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years."

Thomas Wolfe, American Novelist

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"Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years."

"Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

City, Chicago, Difference, Hell, Years

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"San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities."

"San Francisco is perhaps the most European of all American cities."

Cecil Beaton, English Photographer

City, American, Cities

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"Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display."

"Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display."

Jerry Rubin, American Activist

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"L.A. is my American city."

"L.A. is my American city."

Tom Ford, American Designer

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"Edinburgh is alive with words."

"Edinburgh is alive with words."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

City, Word, Culture, Language

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"Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse."

"Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

City, Chicago, Comfort

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"Kabul is a walled city, which sounds romantic except the walls are pre-cast reinforced concrete blast barriers, 10 feet tall and 15 feet long and moved into place with cranes. The walls are topped with sandbags, and the sandbags are topped with guard posts from which gun barrels protrude."

"Kabul is a walled city, which sounds romantic except the walls are pre-cast reinforced concrete blast barriers, 10 feet tall and 15 feet long and moved into place with cranes. The walls are topped with sandbags, and the sandbags are topped with guard posts from which gun barrels protrude."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

City, War, Urbanism, Security, Violence

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"New York makes one think of the collapse of civilization, about Sodom and Gomorrah, the end of the world. The end wouldn't come as a surprise here. Many people already bank on it."

"New York makes one think of the collapse of civilization, about Sodom and Gomorrah, the end of the world. The end wouldn't come as a surprise here. Many people already bank on it."

Saul Bellow, American Novelist

City, Chaos, Society, Change

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