Gadgets are usually the last thing I think about, and if there’s something new, I’ll get to the store for the final shipment of the first generation when it’s on sale. So I have last year’s stuff. – William Gibson
I’m a New Yorker. My background is in theater, so staying here, I have the opportunity to get back to that, which I would love to do. – Valorie Curry
We should have imposed new sanctions in 2013 and maintained the strength of our negotiating position, which is what brought Iran to the table in the first place. – Tom Cotton
I was a club kid. I was on the cover of ‘New York’ magazine and discovered like that. – Vanessa Ferlito
A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it’s better than a new one. – Willa Cather
When I’m in New York, I bike everywhere. I have a couple of bikes stored over at Ed Norton’s. It’s the only way to go. But in Hawaii, I drive. I have a little Volkswagen Bug, from the ‘Drive it? Hug it?’ phase. I run it on biodiesel. – Woody Harrelson
We have increased conservation spending, enacted legislation that enables us to clean up and redevelop abandoned brownfields sites across the country, and implemented new clean water standards that will protect us from arsenic. – Sue Kelly
Everything in New York seems to merit preserving. If it’s not historical, it’s personal. If it’s not personal, it’s cultural. But you can’t. You can’t save everything. You just have to pack it up in your brain and take it with you when you go. – Sloane Crosley
In the 1990s, I was among those Indonesians who demanded and celebrated the departure of our own autocrat, Suharto, and I joined the new government when he left. – Sri Mulyani Indrawati
The 1990s, in New York at least, were all about who could have the baggiest pants, and I definitely got swept up in that fad. Luckily, it didn’t last long – but I’ve made sure that my pants fit ever since. – Skylar Astin
I grew up in New York, in the Village, and I started going to Stella Adler pretty young. I was 13 or 14 years old. But I was also really shy when I was growing up. – Steven Strait
‘Elf’ has become this big holiday movie, and I remember running around the streets of New York in tights saying, ‘This could be the last movie I ever make,’ and I could never have predicted that it’d become such a popular film. – Will Ferrell
We’ll look to the fall and if there is a new president and a new Senate that’s part of a Congress willing to change, that’s the next step. – Scott Walker
Canada, Australia and New Zealand have apologised for their treatment of native peoples. – Stephen Kinzer
Sometimes I get mad when I think that I only have maybe 40 or 50 more springs in New York. When I miss one, ’cause I’m on location for a film, I wanna go, ‘That’s it, that just cost me one of my 50!’ – Topher Grace
Movie stars today are as greedy for additional kids as bankers are for bonuses. It’s the new badge of authenticity. – Tina Brown
There’s a vegan and gluten-free bakery called BabyCakes that I love. They’ve got shops in New York and Los Angeles. Their stuff is amazing. – Zooey Deschanel
Until the absorption of the Polish territories, the Russian Empire had had practically no Jews, and it was uniquely ill-equipped to handle this new addition to its ethnic and religious mix. – Tom Reiss
New synthetic substances – steel, concrete, glass – are actively superseding the traditional raw materials of construction. – Walter Gropius
At the ballet classes I took when I first came to New York, I would see great dancers like Cynthia Gregory and Lupe Serrano. I would look at them and study what they could do, and what I couldn’t do. And then I’d think maybe they should try what I could do. – Twyla Tharp
You meet new people. We just spent two hours with people we didn’t know before, just talking about the Badgers. – Steve Bartlett
