What is New York? A straightforward answer: seven million people crushed onto an island originally settled by the Dutch. But it's more than that. These are seven million who were, mainly, not even born here.


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Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.
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Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is...
BILL PASCRELL
I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or e...
BILL BRYSON
Under many current state laws, minors who have been victims of trafficking are charged as criminals ...
BILL FLORES
Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.
BILL COSBY
I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
BILL WATTERSON
There's a lot of things I believe in this world. I believe in God, I believe in the United State...
BILL ENGVALL
People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what&...
BILL COSBY
If you watch kids looking at something on television, even something that's produced for them an...
BILL COSBY
I'm not going out and hitting a 95-mph fastball where I can't see the stitches. I'm not ...
BILL COSBY
There are two sides to every story, and sometimes three, four, and five.
BILL COSBY
When I say, I don't care what white people think, I mean that.
BILL COSBY
If you speak your mind and if it is true what you're saying, then I think the integrity of what ...
BILL COSBY
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
BILL COSBY
Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituari...
BILL COSBY
Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of yo...
BILL COSBY
Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.
BILL COSBY
Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: e...
BILL COSBY
Gray hair is God's graffiti.
BILL COSBY
A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
BILL COSBY
If you took your child to the dentist and check for cavities, the child likely won't get them. I...
BILL COSBY
By the 1960s, many of us believed that the Civil Rights Movement could eliminate racism in America d...
BILL COSBY
The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.
BILL COSBY
Anytime I get down to Miami, it's a wonderful thing.
BILL GOLDBERG
I have realized over time that I missed the mark with HyperCard. I grew up in a box-centric culture ...
BILL ATKINSON
As a father, you want the best for your son, quite obviously. You want to create the best memories f...
BILL GOLDBERG
Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
BILL MURRAY
If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you'...
BILL HICKS
I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, b...
BILL BURR
There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.
BILL GATES
The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it.
BILL COPELAND
I can't negate the theory that the Huxtables on 'The Cosby Show' may have helped pave th...
BILL COSBY
A buddy will keep you honest and add a dimension of fun to your workout.
BILL TOOMEY
Someday, somehow, the leadership of Planned Parenthood will have to answer for their callous disrega...
BILL FLORES