Best Jay Hernandez Quotes

So all were gone at last, one by one, each swept out into the mighty flood tide of the city's life, there to prove, to test, to find, to lose himself, as each man must--alone.

— Thomas Wolfe, The Web and the Rock

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Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.

— Al Sharpton, The Campaign: Rudy Giuliani, Ruth Messinger, Al Sharpton, And The Race To Be Mayor Of New York City

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Cities are all about loss. Intrinsically dynamic, cities have to change, or they end up like Venice, preserved in amber for the tourists.

— Kevin Baker, The Death of a Once Great City

City Changes of Cities

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Chicago is superior to cities such as Boston, which had no urban planning whatsoever and whose streets resemble a bowl of spaghetti. Being eaten by Satan.

— Melanie LaForce, Corn-Fed: Cul-de-sacs, Keg Stands, and Coming of Age in the Midwest

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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.

— E. B. White, Here is New York

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If you wanna be a true DJ, conquer your street. Conquer your park. Conquer your neighborhood, conquer your borough. Conquer your city. And the world is yours. So, battle.

— Grandmaster Flash (Mamoudou Athie), The Get Down, Season 1: You Have Wings, Learn To Fly

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The city’s sick. Sick in a way I hadn’t realized.

— James Gordon (Ben McKenzie), Gotham, Season 1: The Balloonman

City sickness

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I used to love sitting here, man. I’d just stare at the view. I thought it was so beautiful. Now all I see is a battleground.

— Daniel Acosta (Jay Hernandez), Gang Related, Season 1: Pilot

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So all were gone at last, one by one, each swept out into the mighty flood tide of the city's life, there to prove, to test, to find, to lose himself, as each man must--alone.

— Thomas Wolfe, The Web and the Rock

Crime is going down everywhere but in the New York City Police Department.

— Al Sharpton, The Campaign: Rudy Giuliani, Ruth Messinger, Al Sharpton, And The Race To Be Mayor Of New York City

Cities are all about loss. Intrinsically dynamic, cities have to change, or they end up like Venice, preserved in amber for the tourists.

— Kevin Baker, The Death of a Once Great City

Chicago is superior to cities such as Boston, which had no urban planning whatsoever and whose streets resemble a bowl of spaghetti. Being eaten by Satan.

— Melanie LaForce, Corn-Fed: Cul-de-sacs, Keg Stands, and Coming of Age in the Midwest

A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.

— E. B. White, Here is New York

If you wanna be a true DJ, conquer your street. Conquer your park. Conquer your neighborhood, conquer your borough. Conquer your city. And the world is yours. So, battle.

— Grandmaster Flash (Mamoudou Athie), The Get Down, Season 1: You Have Wings, Learn To Fly

The city’s sick. Sick in a way I hadn’t realized.

— James Gordon (Ben McKenzie), Gotham, Season 1: The Balloonman

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