List Of People From New York
The following is a list of prominent people who were born in the U.S. State of New York, lived in New York, or for whom New York is a significant part of their identity.
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“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“Lovers, forget your love,
And list to the love of these,
She a window flower,
And he a winter breeze.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“Lets holler and ask him if he wont prescribe
For all humanity a complete rest
From all this wagery. But whats the use
Of asking any sympathy of him?
That class of people dont know what work is....”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“And youre too fired up to go to sleep, you sit at the kitchen table. Its really late, its really quiet, youre tired. Dont wanna go to bed, though. Going to bed means this was the day. This Feb. 12, this Aug. 3, this Nov. 20 is over and youre tired and you made some money but it didnt happen, nothing happened. You got through it and a whole day of your life is over. And all it isis time to go to bed.”
—Claudia Shear, U.S. author. New York Times, p. A21 (September 29, 1993)