Old Neighborhood Quotes

• I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.

  Jon Stewart

  Funny, Thanksgiving, Holiday

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• Nowadays when a person lives somewhere, in a neighborhood, the place is not certified for him. More than likely he will live there sadly and the emptiness which is inside him will expand until it evacuates the entire neighborhood. But if he sees a movie which shows his very neighborhood, it becomes possible for him to live, for a time at least, as a person who is Somewhere and not Anywhere.

  Walker Percy

  Emptiness, Shows, Persons

  Walker Percy (2011). “The Moviegoer: A Novel”, p.41, Open Road Media

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• My favorite thing to do is put my headphones on and cruise around the old neighborhoods.

  Mark Duplass

  Favorites Things, My Favorite, Cruise

  "We talked to director-actor duo Jay and Mark Duplass about their many, many film and TV projects". Interview with Jillian Anthony, www.timeout.com. October 5, 2016.

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• In my old neighborhood, a boy stopped playing when he began to lose his pulse. And then he became the referee.

  Bill Cosby

  Boys, Pulse, Referee

  Bill Cosby (1987). “Time Flies”

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• Don't hang out in your old neighborhood with your new
  cars and flash it to guys who don't have that.
  The only thing you're doing is making 'em hate.

  Ja Rule

  Hate, Car, Guy

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• Some people are uncomfortable with the idea that humans belong to the same class of animals as cats and cows and raccoons. They're like the people who become successful and then don't want to be reminded of the old neighborhood.

  Phil Donahue

  Success, Cat, Animal

  Phil Donahue (1986). “The Human Animal”, Touchstone

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• Come on," Alec said, already stomping down the ramp. "Let's find us a squirrel." He swept the weapon back and forth as he walked, looking for any interlopers. "Or better yet, one of the crazies who might've strayed over here. Too bad these things have to be charged or we could get rid of this virus problem in a jiffy. Sweep these old neighborhoods nice and clean." Mark joined him on the ground below the Berg, wary that someone might be watching from the ruined homes surrounding them or from the burnt woods beyond those. "Your value of human life brings tears to my eyes," he muttered.

  James Dashner

  Nice, Home, Eye

  James Dashner (2013). “The Kill Order”, p.187, Chicken House

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• By now, the morning sun was just over the horizon and it came at me like a sidearm pitch between the houses of my old neighborhood. I shielded my eyes. This being early October, there were already piles of leaves pushed against the curb—more leaves than I remembered from my autumns here—andless open space in the sky. I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.

  Mitch Albom

  Morning, Memories, Eye

  Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.28, Hachette UK

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• My mother would organize huge parties for my elementary school classmates. To prepare, she would go back to the bakery in her old neighborhood of Inwood and get special shamrock cookies. Hawaiian Punch was served and we had shamrock napkins. It was a lot of fun.

  Christine Quinn

  Mother, Fun, Party

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• My cousin Jerry Lucey and five other firefighters died in a warehouse fire in Worcester, Mass. - my hometown - right in the middle of our old neighborhood downtown when a homeless couple started a fire to keep warm and the entire building went up. My cousin died trying to save homeless people who had already left the building.

  Denis Leary

  Cousin, Couple, Fire

  "Now on DVD: Denis Leary's documentary 'Burn' shows unique dangers Detroit firefighters face" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. July 09, 2013.

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