San Francisco Quotes - Page 6

• When I was younger, I did things with a camera I would not do by myself. I remember going down to the docks in San Francisco and asking a fisherman if he would take me out on his boat. I would never do that without a camera.

  Annie Leibovitz

  Cameras, Docks, Boat

  "Annie, get your flashgun" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2003.

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• If we quit Vietnam, tomorrow we'll be fighting in Hawaii, and next week we'll have to fight in San Francisco.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Fighting, Next Week, Vietnam

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• In college, I stopped doing pre-med and went into theater, and then I moved to San Francisco and lived there for five years.

  Mark Waters

  College, Years, Theater

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• The thing about San Francisco is that it has this kind of magical quality.

  Muddy Waters

  Quality, Kind

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• A new study shows that the child population in San Francisco is dwindling and in fact San Francisco has the smallest share of children of any major city in the United States. That's odd, huh? For some reason couples in San Francisco don't seem to be reproducing as much as couples in other cities. Gee, I wonder what the problem is there? You think it might be something in the Rice-A-Roni?

  Jay Leno

  Children, Couple, Thinking

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• I've been making 16mm urban landscape films about San Francisco for many years. I choose different nonfiction themes to investigate and am generally interested in surfacing lesser-known histories. I like to investigate and illuminate these histories, combining them with my own unconventional storytelling style, which is generally a stream-of-consciousness voiceover involving a steady stream of personal reflections on pining over unavailable women.

  Jenni Olson

  Reflection, Years, Style

  "Sundance Women Directors: Meet Jenni Olson – ‘The Royal Road’". Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. January 25, 2015.

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• You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.

  Jack London

  Succeed, Looks, Remember

  Jack London (1979). “No Mentor But Myself: A Collection of Articles, Essays, Reviews, and Letters on Writing and Writers”, Associated Faculty PressInc

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• In the old days in San Francisco there was a famous drink called Pisco Punch, made from Pisco, a Peruvian brandy pisco punch used to taste like lemonade but had a kick like vodka, or worse.

  Harold Ross

  Taste, Drink, Vodka

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• I live in San Francisco, I live in Provincetown. They're all the same, apart from Baltimore. Baltimore's the only cheap place left.

  John Waters

  Baltimore, Left, Provincetown

  Source: www.timeout.com

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• I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody else. And that's what I love about random words and phrases taken out of context: everyone applies their own context. If you want to apply something political or meaningful to a word I wrote on the side of the wall, then it's up to you.

  Ben Eine

  Meaningful, Wall, Taken

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• San Francisco is where gay fantasies come true, and the problem the city presents is whether, after all, we wanted these particular dreams to be fulfilled--or would we have preferred others? Did we know what price these dreams would exact? Did we anticipate the ways in which, vivid and continuous, they would unsuit us for the business of daily life? Or should our notion of daily life itself be transformed?

  Edmund White

  Dream, Gay, Cities

  Edmund White (2014). “States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America”, p.30, University of Wisconsin Pres

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• if there is one place in the United States where private styles make up for public images, it is San Francisco, where all lapsed lovers of America, even loyalists like me experiencing spasms of disillusionment, should be taken for refresher courses. The tides of all-American conformity beat vainly against the San Franciscan rock.

  Jan Morris

  Taken, Rocks, America

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• They almost had to cancel the Oscars tonight because all of the designers and stylists are still in line in San Francisco trying to marry one another.

  Joan Rivers

  Trying, Tonight, Stylist

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• I love San Francisco, it's very hard to compete with San Francisco when it comes to availability of product, but one thing you can't replace about Las Vegas or Miami is people are walking in the door and they want to have a good time. They walk in, and this is the start of their good time.

  Michael Mina

  Vegas, Doors, Availability

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy

  Gavin Newsom

  Government, Cities, Support

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• Cities are like gentlemen, they are born, not made. You are either a city, or you are not, size has nothing to do with it. I bet San Francisco was a city from the very first time it had a dozen settlers. New York is "Yokel", but San Francisco is "City at Heart".

  Will Rogers

  New York, Heart, Cities

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• Cultural tourism surveys consistently rate San Francisco's art industry as a core reason for visiting

  Gavin Newsom

  Art, Tourism, Reason

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• San Francisco can no longer afford to be a city divided between downtown and neighborhoods, with a downtown that becomes a ghost town when workers go home for the evening

  Gavin Newsom

  Home, Cities, Evening

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• As Mayor of San Francisco, I will work hard to ensure that, in the event of natural or man-made disasters, San Franciscans are prepared and our City is protected

  Gavin Newsom

  Hard Work, Men, Cities

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• During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history

  Gavin Newsom

  Intense, Economic

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• San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans

  Gavin Newsom

  Challenges, Cost, Rising

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• As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive

  Gavin Newsom

  Use, Small Business, Mayors

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• As mayor of San Francisco, I will provide the vision and work hard to make San Francisco a beautiful, well-planned city with excellent housing and transportation options

  Gavin Newsom

  Beautiful, Hard Work, Cities

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• From the time I moved to San Francisco in 1967 to play with the Steve Miller Band, there was a lot of support in the music community for one cause or another, but this one was special because it was put on by people who understood where musicians hearts are.

  Boz Scaggs

  Heart, Play, People

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• I will sing in San Francisco if I have to sing in the streets, for I know that the streets of San Francisco are free.

  Luisa Tetrazzini

  Streets, Knows, Ifs

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