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When you're a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don't stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn't a gang anymore. It's a pack. A snarling, distrustful, bickering park like the Socs in their social clubs or the street gangs in New York or the wolves in the timber.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a652/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/652.v4.jpg" alt="S. E. Hinton"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">S. E. 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I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4431/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/4431.v5.jpg" alt="Ted Koppel"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ted Koppel</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="212f6"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="212f6" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4431/212f6/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=There%20is%20no%20more%20respected%20or%20influential%20forum%20in%20the%20field%20of%20journalism%20than%20the%20New%20York%20Times.%20I%20look%20forward%2C%20with%20great%20anticipation%2C%20to%20contributing%20to%20its%20op-ed%20page.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4431%2F212f6%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/178/">Great</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/648/">New</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/278/">New York</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1103/0e49/">My mother witnessed the martyrdom of her husband, Hajj Malik Shabazz, Malcolm X, on Sunday, February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. My older sisters, Attallah, Qubilah and I were seated with our mother up front and stage right.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1103/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/1103.v4.jpg" alt="Ilyasah Shabazz"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ilyasah Shabazz</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0e49"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0e49" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1103/0e49/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=My%20mother%20witnessed%20the%20martyrdom%20of%20her%20husband%2C%20Hajj%20Malik%20Shabazz%2C%20Malcolm%20X%2C%20on%20Sunday%2C%20February%2021%2C%201965%2C%20at%20the%20Audubon%20Ballroom%20in%20New%20York%20City.%20My%20older%20sisters%2C%20Attallah%2C%20Qubilah%20and%20I%20were%20seated%20with%20our%20mother%20up%20front%20and%20stage%20right.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1103%2F0e49%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/28/">Mother</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/182/">City</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1000/0e6/">The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best books I've read.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1000/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/1000.v4.jpg" alt="Fran Tarkenton"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Fran Tarkenton</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0e6"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0e6" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1000/0e6/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20New%20York%20Times%20Bestseller%20%27The%20Amateur%2C%27%20written%20by%20Ed%20Klein%2C%20former%20editor%20of%20the%20%27New%20York%20Times%20Magazine%2C%27%20is%20one%20of%20the%20best%20books%20I%27ve%20read.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1000%2F0e6%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1/">Best</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/648/">New</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/278/">New York</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a552/3ca8/">I moved to New York - I attended NYU, did a BFA in Acting at NYU. I was really into hip-hop, so I started battling, like '8 Mile.' I used to rap battle.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a552/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/552.v8.jpg" alt="Utkarsh Ambudkar"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Utkarsh Ambudkar</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3ca8"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3ca8" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a552/3ca8/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20moved%20to%20New%20York%20-%20I%20attended%20NYU%2C%20did%20a%20BFA%20in%20Acting%20at%20NYU.%20I%20was%20really%20into%20hip-hop%2C%20so%20I%20started%20battling%2C%20like%20%278%20Mile.%27%20I%20used%20to%20rap%20battle.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa552%2F3ca8%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/529/">Acting</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3250/">Rap</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/776/">Battle</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1425/34c78/">If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1425/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/1425.v6.jpg" alt="Quincy Jones"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Quincy Jones</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="34c78"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="34c78" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1425/34c78/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20you%20started%20in%20New%20York%20you%20were%20dealing%20with%20the%20biggest%20guys%20in%20the%20world.%20You%27re%20dealing%20with%20Charlie%20Parker%20and%20all%20the%20big%20bands%20and%20everything.%20We%20got%20more%20experience%20working%20in%20Seattle.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1425%2F34c78%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/45/">Experience</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/278/">New York</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3985/0252f/">New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just because there is no room.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3985/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/3985.v6.jpg" alt="Patricia Marx"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Patricia Marx</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0252f"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0252f" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3985/0252f/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=New%20York%20may%20be%20the%20city%20that%20never%20sleeps%2C%20but%20Shanghai%20doesn%27t%20even%20sit%20down%2C%20and%20not%20just%20because%20there%20is%20no%20room.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3985%2F0252f%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1081/">May</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/182/">City</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/648/">New</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a678/397c/">A newspaperman said, 'You have to have a team in New York.' I replied, 'Who says you have to have a team in New York?' What came out in the papers was a headline that said, Giles Says, 'Who needs New York?' I confess that quote bothered me, and there seemed to be no way to dispose of it. It was repeated again and again.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a678/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/6/678.v4.jpg" alt="Warren Giles"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Warren Giles</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="397c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="397c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a678/397c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=A%20newspaperman%20said%2C%20%27You%20have%20to%20have%20a%20team%20in%20New%20York.%27%20I%20replied%2C%20%27Who%20says%20you%20have%20to%20have%20a%20team%20in%20New%20York%3F%27%20What%20came%20out%20in%20the%20papers%20was%20a%20headline%20that%20said%2C%20Giles%20Says%2C%20%27Who%20needs%20New%20York%3F%27%20I%20confess%20that%20quote%20bothered%20me%2C%20and%20there%20seemed%20to%20be%20no%20way%20to%20dispose%20of%20it.%20It%20was%20repeated%20again%20and%20again.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa678%2F397c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/278/">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/8725/">Papers</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/51057/">Headline</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1093/328b5/">I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1093/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/1093.v5.jpg" alt="Lajos Kossuth"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lajos Kossuth</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="328b5"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="328b5" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1093/328b5/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20must%20therefore%20implore%20your%20indulgence%20for%20a%20pretty%20long%20and%20plain%20development%20of%20my%20views%20concerning%20that%20cause%20which%20the%20citizens%20of%20New%20York%2C%20and%20you%20particularly%2C%20gentlemen%2C%20honour%20with%20generous%20interest.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1093%2F328b5%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1335/">Pretty</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2191/">Development</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1770/29d2/">After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1770/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/a/1770.v6.jpg" alt="R. 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They want things.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a14/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/e/14.v5.jpg" alt="Candace Bushnell"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Candace Bushnell</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="044e1"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="044e1" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a14/044e1/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=New%20York%20is%20a%20city%20where%20people%20are%20ambitious.%20They%20want%20things.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa14%2F044e1%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/182/">City</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/278/">New York</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1519/0136/">I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1519/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/1519.v4.jpg" alt="Laura San Giacomo"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Laura San Giacomo</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0136"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0136" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1519/0136/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20went%20to%20college%20in%20Pittsburgh%20at%20Carnegie%20Mellon%20University...%20studied%20acting%20there.%20Then%20I%20went%20to%20New%20York%20for%20about%20five%20years.%20I%20moved%20out%20here%20about%2010%20years%20ago.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1519%2F0136%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/288/">College</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/529/">Acting</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/278/">New York</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3291/1fa9/">The trains were the beating heart of the New York graffiti scene.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3291/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/3291.v4.jpg" alt="Adam Mansbach"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Adam Mansbach</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1fa9"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1fa9" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3291/1fa9/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20trains%20were%20the%20beating%20heart%20of%20the%20New%20York%20graffiti%20scene.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3291%2F1fa9%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/126/">Heart</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/648/">New</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/8284/">Graffiti</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4451/051ad/">Basically, Urban Fantasy means D&D in New York. Ordinary people have no idea that they share the world with fantastic, supernatural creatures. 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