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 George Washington, with his right art upraised, sits his iron 
horse at the lower corner of Union Square. . read more 
 George Washington, with his right art upraised, sits his iron 
horse at the lower corner of Union Square. . . . Should the 
General raise his left hand as he has raised his right, it would 
point to a quarter of the city that forms a haven for the 
oppressed and suppressed of foreign lands. In the cause of 
national or personal freedom they have found refuge here, and the 
patriot who made it for them sits his steed, overlooking their 
district, while he listens through his left ear to vaudeville 
that caricatures the posterity of the proteges. 
Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much...the wheel, New York, read more
Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much...the wheel, New York, wars and so on...while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man...for precisely the same reason.
 If there ever was an aviary overstocked with jays it is that 
Yaptown-on-the-Hudson, call New York. Cosmopolitan they call read more 
 If there ever was an aviary overstocked with jays it is that 
Yaptown-on-the-Hudson, call New York. Cosmopolitan they call it, 
you bet. So's a piece of fly-paper. You listen close when 
they're buzzing and trying to pull their feet out of the sticky 
stuff. "Little old New York's good enough for us"--that's what 
they sing. 
 New York is the Caoutchouc City. . . . They have the furor 
rubberendi.  
 New York is the Caoutchouc City. . . . They have the furor 
rubberendi. 
 Stream of the living world
 Where dash the billows of strife!--
  One plunge in the mighty torrent
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 Stream of the living world
 Where dash the billows of strife!--
  One plunge in the mighty torrent
   Is a year of tamer life!
    City of glorious days,
     Of hope, and labour and mirth,
      With room and to spare, on thy splendid bays
       For the ships of all the earth! 
New York Taxi Rules:1. Driver speaks no English.2. Driver just got here two days ago from someplace like Segal.3. Driver read more
New York Taxi Rules:1. Driver speaks no English.2. Driver just got here two days ago from someplace like Segal.3. Driver hates you.
 You'd think New York people was all wise; but no, they can't get 
a chance to learn. Every thing's read more 
 You'd think New York people was all wise; but no, they can't get 
a chance to learn. Every thing's too compressed. Even the 
hay-seeds are bailed hay-seeds. But what else can you expect 
from a town that's shut off for the world by the ocean on one 
side and New Jersey on the other? 
 Silent, grim, colossal, the Big City has ever stood against its 
revilers. They call it hard as iron; they read more 
 Silent, grim, colossal, the Big City has ever stood against its 
revilers. They call it hard as iron; they say that nothing of 
pity beats in its bosom; they compare its streets with lonely 
forests and deserts of lava. But beneath the hard crust of the 
lobster is found a delectable and luscious food. Perhaps a 
different simile would have been wiser. Still nobody should take 
offence. We would call nobody a lobster with good and sufficient 
claws. 
New York's such a wonderful city. Although I was at the library today. The guys are very rude. I said, read more
New York's such a wonderful city. Although I was at the library today. The guys are very rude. I said, "I'd like a card." He says, "You have to prove you're a citizen of New York." So I stabbed him.