#new york city

I am the oldest young designer in New York City. ↗

— Michael Kors

#city #designer #i #i am #new

As a matter of record, New York City spends a higher portion of its budget on instruction and associated costs within the schools themselves than any of the other 100 largest districts in the nation. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#associated #budget #city #costs #districts

I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#business #city #different #fact #i

New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent. ↗

— Frank Lloyd Wright

#great #greed #money #monument #new

We lived in the bowels of New York City. It was a struggle just to survive. This nice suburban kid hadn't had to do much of that before. ↗

— Peter Bergman

#bowels #city #had #hadn #just

You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#basically #because #city #education #experience

I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#america #came #city #cultures #each

And the most unusual and surrealistic place in New York City is Central Park. ↗

— Christo

#central park #city #most #new #new york

In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#big mouth #city #does #earth #inherit

I took a plane from New York City to Los Angeles for an audition. I met all the people. After that, I was told to have another audition, but I didn't want to go there again. ↗

— Ed O'Neill

#again #angeles #another #audition #city