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Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it's always in the form of someone homeless. 'Look at that guy - he's crazy. He looks dangerous.' Well, he's on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home.

~Eric Mccormack

Topics: Always Because Big Big City City Crazy Dangerous Day Every Every Day Form Guy Had He Home Homeless Illness Job Live Look Looks Mental Mental Illness Most People Schizophrenia See Some Someone Streets Well You

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In Brussels, you are able to have a lot of appointments in a day. In Paris, you can have one, two, maybe three, but you spend all your time on the road, in the car or in the suburbs. In Brussels, everything is easy. It's not a very big city, and the people are very quiet and warm.

~Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Topics: Able Appointments Big Big City Brussels Car City Day Easy Everything Lot Maybe Paris People Quiet Road Spend Suburbs Three Time Two Very Warm You Your

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When I thought about Detroit, I would think big city, very urban - not a lot of places to walk around, not a lot of parks. I sort of pictured Manhattan almost, where, besides Central Park, it's all city and big buildings. But now that I'm here, you see people pushing strollers, people hanging out in the park.

~Erin Cummings

Topics: About Almost Around Besides Big Big City Buildings Central Central Park City Detroit Hanging Here Lot Manhattan Now Out Park Parks People Places Pushing See Sort Think Think Big Thought Urban Very Walk Where Would You

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In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later friendship which I was offered in the Linnean Society that was the most important thing in my life.

~Ernst Mayr

Topics: Big Big City City Companionship Early Early Years Friendship Important Important Thing Later Life Most Most Important Thing My Life New New York Offered Society Stranger The Most Important Thing Those Which Years York

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Why should I leave Ruleville, and why should I leave Mississippi? I go to the big city, and with the kind of education they give us in Mississippi, I got problems. I'd wind up in a soup line there.

~Fannie Lou Hamer

Topics: Big Big City City Education Give Go Got Kind Leave Line Mississippi Problems Should Soup Up Us Why Wind

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The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.

~Federico Garcia Lorca

Topics: Anguish Architecture Big Big City Captures City Elements Extra First Furious Geometry Human Rhythm Traveler Two

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I guess I just always had this idea that I would go to Hollywood. I had the typical 'get up and go' attitude that you have to have in order to make the brave step into the big city.

~Felicia Day

Topics: Always Attitude Big Big City Brave City Get Go Guess Had Hollywood Idea Just Make Order Step Typical Up Would You

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Madrid is not as big as London, but it is true when you are coming from a big city like Madrid, nothing is going to surprise you, and I am very happy to move to a city like London. It is a big city, and you can do everything you want with the respect that the English people always have.

~Fernando Torres

Topics: Always Am Big Big City City Coming English English People Everything Going Happy Like London Madrid Move Nothing People Respect Surprise True Very Want You I Am

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To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of a fibrous tumor.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

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The ever increasing spiritual damage caused by life within the big city will make this hunger practically uncontrollable when we build here on this the landscape of our homeland we must be clear that we will protect its beauty.

~Fritz Todt

Topics: Beauty Big Big City Build Caused City Clear Damage Ever Here Homeland Hunger Increasing Landscape Life Make Must Our Practically Protect Spiritual Uncontrollable Will Within

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