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Big cities

«Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.»
Author: A. J. Liebling (Writer) | About: Chicago | Keywords: Big cities, Big City, Chicago
«Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.»
«The great big city's a wond'rous toy just made for a girl and boy»
«He was the embodiment of big-city scrappiness, a mean-streets survivor who got ahead on a good grin, good moves and better hustle.»
«The leaders of the Catholic Church endorsed The Exorcist ; virtually promoted it as much as they could. The Cardinals of New York and Los Angeles and Chicago and the other big cities, all over the world, they endorsed it because it represents a literal depiction of the Roman ritual of exorcism which still exists in the Catholic faith. It's still there. The power of faith to drive out demons. And this film showed that and they embraced it.»
«(Chicago) Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders»
«The big cities of America are becoming Third World countries»
«As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.»
«The screech and mechanical uproar of the big city turns the citified head, fills citified ears - as the song of birds, wind in the trees, animal cries, or as the voices and songs of his loved ones once filled his heart. He is sidewalk-happy.»
«John Kerry was the big winner in Iowa. Ted Kennedy introduced Kerry as the 'comeback kid.' That used to be Bill Clinton's name - because every time he would come back to a city, he would find out if he had a kid or not.»