Los Angeles Quotes - Page 16

• The solemnity of the annual Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm with the cheerful bad taste of the grand opening of a shopping center in Los Angeles.

  Vincent Canby

  Shopping, Cheerful, Taste

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• I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on doing both painting and acting until the end of my days.

  Sylvia Kristel

  Love, Age, Acting

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• Kate(Henshaw-Nuttal) was superb. The same for Stella(Damasus-Aboderin) and, of course, Jeta and Jumai(Joseph). They can work anywhere in the world. I think you can put Jeta and Stella on a plane and fly them to London or to Los Angeles to go and work.

  Nick Moran

  Thinking, World, London

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• I went to Los Angeles, because I have a manager, and - I can't remember when, but we met in London maybe six months or a year beforehand, and he said, "Listen, if you really want to get a job out of L.A., you really need to come." And I was like, "Well, can't I send a tape or something?" And he was like, "No, no, you need to come."

  James Callis

  Remember, Remember When

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Atlanta is not the South. Atlanta is not the South, gotdamn it, when you go to Atlanta what does your clock say? When you get off the plane from Los Angeles or Texas, what time do it be over there? Atlanta is East Coast time. You niggas ain't in the South.

  Pimp C

  Texas, Atlanta, Doe

  "Pimp C Goes Mad On ATL & Various Rappers", uproxx.com. July 24, 2007.

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• When I started off as an actress, I did at a play at the Taper Too Theatre here in Los Angeles, called 'In The Abyss Of Coney Island.' That was more of a dramatic play. It was a small theater house. This was the first time I was literally on the road, doing a play, for four months.

  Vivica Fox

  Islands, Play, House

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. February 17, 2010.

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• I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and to represent the city of Los Angeles and California.

  Cobi Jones

  Years, Cities, Two

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• When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right.

  Phil Ochs

  Color, Tvs, Looks

  Liner notes for compilation album "The Broadside Tapes 1" by Phil Ochs, 1989.

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• I don't want to be daft and say I had some spiritual awakening or something, but I really did come of age in Los Angeles, where we recorded the album. I had my own little house and my own little circle and I really got to feel how the city ticks.

  Melanie Chisholm

  Spiritual, Cities, Circles

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• I have been coming to Los Angeles since 1975 to perform.

  Emanuel Ax

  Loser, Has Beens

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• With Los Angeles, it's kind of a love-hate thing. Sometimes I think it's marvelous, and sometimes I think it's a dump. It's so fake and I can't deal with how fake it is.

  Joe Elliott

  Hate, Thinking, Fake

  "How to travel like a rock star". Interview with Doug Miller, www.nbcnews.com. January 23, 2008.

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• Regarding comments attributed to me in the Los Angeles Times - allegedly made on a bus trip from Germany to Holland in 1998 - I emphatically denounce such comments as false.

  Paul Crouch

  Journey, Germany, Made

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• I discovered Los Angeles in the late 90s. The city was not at its best at the time, but I fell for it right away. There is something almost haunted about it, a vibrant mythology I find rather inspiring.

  Hedi Slimane

  Cities, Mythology, Late

  "Johnny Depp paints nails, Herman Cain ripped over moustache, Beastie Boys go bape, and Esquire gives 'damn good advice'" by Christina Moffitino and Elizabeth Snead, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 10, 2011.

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• Mickey Cohen: New York, its like being a rat in a maze, everyone living on top of each other, but out here, I can breathe. I love Los Angeles.

  Mickey Cohen

  New York, Mazes, Rats

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• Los Angeles is a one-horse town. It's entirely driven by the entertainment business and that's what it is.

  Jason Priestley

  Horse, Towns, Entertainment

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• The Board of Inquiry report fails to recognize that the central problem in the Los Angeles Police Department is the culture. The reality is there will not be meaningful reform in the Los Angeles Police Department until the culture is changed.

  Erwin Chemerinsky

  Meaningful, Reality, Police

  "Report faults LAPD culture for corruption", www.cnn.com. September 11, 2000.

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• In a way, it's a great thing that I have the opportunity to stand at the crossroads of Los Angeles and Indianapolis, and stay right here, ... People say that reality is in the footsteps, and not the words. That, as much as anybody, gives you a chance to show your sincerity and commitment, and what you're all about as far as leaving a legacy.

  Jim Irsay

  Commitment, Opportunity, Reality

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• I don't know how satisfied you can be when we still have a losing record. We feel like we're definitely playing better. The reality is we're about to find out. Our toughest West Coast trip is normally the circus trip in November. This year, they're flip-flopped. We did well on the first West Coast trip 3-3. Now, this is a big one. All these teams Dallas, New Orleans, Phoenix, Utah, Denver, Sacramento and the Los Angeles Clippers are quality teams. Each team is really playing well. It's going to be a big challenge for us.

  Scott Skiles

  Team, Reality, New Orleans

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• I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles.

  Richard Linklater

  Boys, May, Film

  ""You can't hold back the human spirit"". Interview with David Walsh, www.wsws.org. March 27, 1998.

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• Lotus-land as it appears in 'Free Will' is simply a metaphor for an idealized background, a 'land of milk and honey.' It is sometimes also used as a pejorative name for Los Angeles, though that was not in my mind when I wrote it.

  Neil Peart

  Milk And Honey, Land, Names

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• Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeless land area is now monopolized by the automobile and its needs-by freeways, highways, garages, gas stations, car lots, parking lots. And all of it is blanketed with anonymity and foul air.

  Alistair Cooke

  Air, Land, Car

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• I had dreamed of visiting Bali for many years and because I had an extended family of Balinese friends in Los Angeles, I felt connected. The island is so peaceful and the smiles are constant.

  Carolyn Murphy

  Islands, Years, Peaceful

  "Supermodel Carolyn Murphy on Travel Hits and Misses". Interview with Stacie Krajchir, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2010.

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• I call Los Angeles the city of alternatives. If you don't like mountains, we got the ocean. If you don't like Knott's Berry Farm, we've got Disneyland. If you don't like basketball, we've got the Clippers.

  Arsenio Hall

  Basketball, Ocean, Cities

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• After an earthquake in Los Angeles - The earth in LA moved more in one hour than Benoit Benjamin did all last season with the Clippers.

  Peter Vecsey

  Basketball, Earthquakes, Lasts

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• I am an eighth Chinese, and I come from a large Chinese-American family in Los Angeles.

  Lisa See

  Chinese, American Family

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