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Every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls -- Robert Walser
I think writers like old cities and are made very nervous by new cities. -- Donald Barthelme
Most old cities are now sclerotic machines that dispense known qualities in ever-greater quantities, instead of laboratories of the uncertain. Only the skyscraper offers business the wide-open spaces of a man-made Wild West, a frontier in the sky. -- Rem Koolhaas
The Old City of Jerusalem is in our hands. -- Moshe Dayan
People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people. -- Rachel Griffiths
I love life on the road. I'm in a different city every night and it never gets old. -- Demi Lovato
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Others like City Hall the old way, when they could make deals behind closed doors with your tax money. -- Laura Miller
There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors. -- Laura Miller
Life is one long decay, no? There's a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city. -- Urs Fischer
What we want to do is guarantee all 4-year-old children in the City of Stamford a prekindergarten experience regardless of their financial circumstances. -- Dannel Malloy
I'm a big foodie. Hyderabadi cuisine is amazing, and the kind of mutton dishes available at some restaurants in the Old City is incredible. -- Imtiaz Ali
Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world. -- Ed Koch
I'm trying to photograph an old offshore oil city that is lying in decay in the Caspian Sea, but I've been having a hard time getting there. -- Edward Burtynsky
For people who mourn for old Times Square - hey, there's a ton of places in the city still like that! Get on the train and go visit them! -- Kurt Braunohler
The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City Art Institute for one summer. -- Marc Davis
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
People don't live in Los Angeles because we are tied to the same old, same old. We live in Los Angeles because of the intoxicating energy of new beginnings that permeate our city. -- Marianne Williamson
The bronze dwarfs give you the first clue that Wroclaw is no ordinary city. They lurk all over the place, carousing outside pubs, snoring at the doors of hotels, peeking out from behind the bars of the old city jail. -- David Hewson
New York is a fascinating city. I think it's a very inspiring city, but it's overpowering when you get older. It tires me now. But it's wonderful for young people - very inspiring and full of surprises and full of ideas. -- Max von Sydow
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. It's a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and it's hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona. -- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Quebec City is the most European of any city in North America; they speak French all the time. There is a part of town called Old Quebec which is really like being in France. The architecture is just gorgeous, food, shopping. I'd say Quebec City is the most beautiful city in North America I've seen. -- Sebastian Bach
Stress is the demon in our society, stalking the cities and the countryside, striking down young and old and growing in strength daily. -- Srikumar Rao
But let us not forget that cities are like human beings. They are born, they go through childhood and adolescence, they grow old, and eventually they die -- Elif Safak

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