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There is hardly one in three of us who live in the cities who is n

There is hardly one in three of us who live in the cities who is not sick with unused self. – Ben Hecht

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Im a Hollywood writer, so I put on my sports jacket and take off my brain. – Ben Hecht

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Sports
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In the court of the movie Owner, none criticized, none doubted. And none dared speak of art. In the Owners mind art was a synonym for bankruptcy. The movie Owners are the only troupe in the history of entertainment that has never been seduced by the adventure of the entertainment world. – Ben Hecht

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Hollywood
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Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. – Ben Hecht

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Media
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The city disappears street by street as you enter it. – Ian Seed

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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. – Somerset Maugham

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Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. – Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo

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What is the city but the people? – William Shakespeare

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