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I waited for the train at Coventry; I hung with grooms and porters on the bridge, To watch the three tall spires; and there I shaped The city's ancient legend into this.

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Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from Jacques.

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The peace of the celestial city is the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God, and of one another in God. (City of God, Book 19)

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Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men.

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Whilst we want cities as the centres where the best things are found, cities degrade us by magnifying trifles.

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Ernest Hemingway was always uneasy in New York and liked being there less than in any other city he frequented.

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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.

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I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.

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When in Rome, do as Rome does.

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Only in silence I find myself. Life in the city is so hectic that you lose the right perspective. It's important to know that our biggest resources are in our heart.

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New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody else. It's a very cold city, I should say.

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We've seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants - farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our cities, the Muslim innovators who helped build some of our highest skyscrapers and who helped unlock the secrets of our universe.

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When the Stranger says: "What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?" What will you answer? "We all dwell together To make money from each other"? or "This is a community"? Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.

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A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

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...our cities of the present lack the outstanding symbol of national community which, we must therefore not be surprised to find, sees no symbol of itself in the cities. The inevitable result is a desolation whose practical effect is the total indifference of the big-city dweller to the destiny of his city.

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I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much. It was just a city with one emperor and the rest of them just rats or meaningless people.

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I do hate the City of London! It is the only thing which ever comes between us.

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Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.

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If I was wealthy I'd never do anything but poke around in ruined cities all over the world - and probably get snake-bit.

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This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul ... its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs.

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