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New Yorkers Quotes

You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.

You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.

Colson Whitehead (2007). “The Colossus of New York”, p.4, Anchor

There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers.

"Guest Host John Oliver Will Try Not to Destroy 'The Daily Show'". Interview with Marisa Guthrie, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 31, 2013.

It is difficult to offend a New Yorker.

Alan M. Dershowitz (1983). “The Best Defense”, Vintage

To every New Yorker - and to all those who believed in what I tried to stand for - I sincerely apologize.

"Spitzer to Step Down; Paterson to Step In". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris and Melissa Block, www.npr.org. March 12, 2008.

In the summer New York was the only place in which one could escape from New Yorkers.

Edith Wharton (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)”, p.1665, Delphi Classics

I'm a New Yorker, and I jaywalk with the best of them.

Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, Vintage

New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.

Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.246, Simon and Schuster