My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision and police, baffled by fashion and spectacle, city dwellers can distinguish neither the sources of their existence nor the consequences.
James Buchan
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SEX AND THE CITY It's really hard to walk in a single woman's shoes -- that's why you sometimes need really special s... SEX AND THE CITY The Indians had to wait up to six months for a response. It took me six months to get the message th... SEX AND THE CITY It was a typical downtown male mix. Ten percent Wall Street, ten percent real estate, and ten percen... SEX AND THE CITY Lipstick, SEX AND THE CITY Someone once said that two halves make a whole. And when two halves move in together, it makes a who... SEX AND THE CITY Courtney (Showing Carrie her book cover): Let me talk you through it. Blurred background, aah, fast-... SEX AND THE CITY It takes half the amount of time you dated someone to get over them. SEX AND THE CITY Don't you want to stand still with me? SEX AND THE CITY I don't know. I moved to L.A. to be a rock star and a comedian, and now I'm a contributor to Cosmopo... SEX AND THE CITY I think it's romantic when someone offers me a seat on the subway. [Carrie] SEX AND THE CITY I don't see color, I see conquests.[Samantha] SEX AND THE CITY The only thing that I have ever successfully made in the kitchen is a mess. And several little fires... SEX AND THE CITY ... what it really was like to live a life determined by the struggle to be free, as desert dwellers... NADINE GORDIMER Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. The Brady Bunch: The Complete Fourth Season AND CITY Everybody wonders what happens after you die[Carrie] I'm too busy wondering who's dinging my car in... AND CITY Desperate Housewives. AND CITY I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it. AND CITY
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