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A suburb is an attempt to get out of reach of the city without having the city be out of reach.
(Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Thirteenth Selection, New York (1994).)
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City wits, country humorists.
(Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist. City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection, New York (1989).)
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Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.
(Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), Welsh poet. Quoted in John Malcolm Brinnin, Dylan Thomas in America, ch. 1 (1956).)
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... the great white city of brotherhood, Washington ...
(Christina Stead (1902-1983), Australian novelist. The Man Who Loved Children, ch. 6 (1940).
Lived and wrote in the U.S. and England.)
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I come from the city of Boston,
The home of the bean and the cod,
(John Collins Bossidy (1860-1928), U.S. poet. Boston (l. 1-2). . .
Oxford Book of American Light Verse, The. William Harmon, ed. (1979) Oxford University Press.)
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Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City.
(Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960), U.S. songwriter. "Kansas City," Oklahoma, Marlo Music Corp. (1943).
Music composed by Richard Rodgers (1902-1979).)
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That sweet city with her dreaming spires.
(Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), British poet, critic. "Thyrsis," l. 19 (1866).
Referring to Oxford, where Arnold was Professor of Poetry at the university 1857-1867.)
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New York is the last true city.
(Toni Morrison (b. 1931) U.S. (New York) novelist and essayist. As quoted in New York, p. 72 (December 21-28, 1992).)
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A million people—manners free and superb—open
voices—hospitality—the most courageous and friendly young men,
City of hurried and sparkling waters! city of spires and masts!
City nested in bays! my city!
(Walt Whitman (1819-1892), U.S. poet. Mannahatta (l. 18-20). . .
The Complete Poems [Walt Whitman]. Francis Murphy, ed. (1975; repr. 1986) Penguin Books.)
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Do you know what Agelisas said, when he was asked why the great city of Lacedomonie was not girded with walls? Because, pointing out the inhabitants and citizens of the city, so expert in military discipline and so strong and well armed: "Here," he said, "are the walls of the city," meaning that there is no wall but of bones, and that towns and cities can have no more secure nor stronger wall than the virtue of their citizens and inhabitants.
(François Rabelais (1494-1553), French author, evangelist. Pantagruel, in Pantagruel, ch. 15, p. 268, Pleiade edition (1995).)
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