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Oh, New Orleans is such freedom. — John Kennedy Toole

I love New Orleans I love the way it looks. I love the way it feels. — Sandra Bullock

Buddy ran down the road, turned into another street, and vanished as if he had never been there, like another ghost from New Orleans's past. — Hunter Murphy

But still . . . there was a charge in the air. It was Mardi Gras in New Orleans, after all. — Penelope Douglas

Whenever people ask you where you're from and you say New Orleans, it's always going to create a conversation. — Peyton Manning

Venice, Italy, survives 365 days out of every year in water; New Orleans can survive a few days of water if it has to. — Billy Tauzin

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19. — Patricia Clarkson

In America, there might be better gastronomic destinations than New Orleans, but there is no place more uniquely wonderful. — Anthony Bourdain

The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch. — Harry Anderson

People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans." — David Simon

New Orleans: The least annoying French place on Earth. — David Letterman

New Orleans is kind of dark in a very beautiful way. — Nicole Anderson

Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book. — Poppy Z. Brite

From my friend, Brig. General Ezell Ware, Jr., CA Nat'l Guard, Dec.
Keep on going till you get there, then keep going. — Tracey Richardson

We wander through old streets, and pause before the age stricken houses; and, strange to say, the magic past lights them up. — Grace King

Mrs. Reilly called in that accent that occurs south of New Jersey only in New Orleans, that Hoboken near the Gulf of Mexico. — John Kennedy Toole

New Orleans may be too seductive for a writer. — Walker Percy

I was the vampire Lestat again. I was back in action. New Orleans was once again my hunting ground. — Anne Rice

You could spend your life trying to uncover all the treasures in New Orleans and not even scratch the surface. It's such an amazing place. — Blake Lively

An iron? Was he kidding? God — Suzanne Johnson

There are always people who are going to be opportunistic when they see situations unfolding the way that they are in New Orleans. — Jeffrey Robinson

What, other than injustice, could be the reason that the displaced citizens of New Orleans cannot be accommodated by the richest nation in the world? — Wynton Marsalis

And we live in a French Quarter a lot of the time, in New Orleans. And the camaraderie of everybody there. Everybody takes care of each other. — Delta Burke

I've always had an interest in Louisiana, especially New Orleans. — Nicolas Cage

I was just mind-blown to find that New Orleans is just so much more fun and interesting than I had ever thought. — Harold Perrineau

The morning sun in New Orleans felt like it was trying to make a point, convincing the old world to believe something new. — Hunter Murphy

New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country. — Wynton Marsalis

There was a lot of stuff happening in Havana that was being heard and appreciated by New Orleans musicians because of this situation. And vice versa. — Ruben Blades

You can't vote that water out of the city of New Orleans. — Russel Honore

All that Anne Rice crap is true, I thought on my way out the door; New Orleans really does have a vampire problem.
Besides me, of course. — J.R. Rain

Predict the actions of every conductor from New Orleans to Cincinnati, would — Harper Lee

Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France. — Paul Prudhomme

A man who forgets his past and allows the flame of the things he loves to be extinguished has no future. — T.J. Fisher

I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge. — Don Lemon

There's so much music going on in New Orleans. — Anthony Hemingway

New Orleans jazz is a complex and embracing art form that began about the same time as the blues and encompassed many of its excellences. — Tim Cahill

If there was no New Orleans, America would just be a bunch of free people dying of boredom. -Judy Deck in an e-mail sent to Chris Rose — Chris Rose

A beauty beyond words," whispered Rini, mesmerized by the view. — Jason Medina

The abrupt reality of his situation was a depressing thought. — Jason Medina

Iffin we meant to see each other, again, it gonna happen. — Jason Medina

The New Orleans I knew ain't no more. — Michael Davis

Well, I'm reading about the battle of New Orleans right now. I've got an ecolectic (sic) reading list. — George W. Bush

We moved around so much when I was a kid, the place I call home is New Orleans because at least I can remember the names of some of the streets there. — Stephen Stills

He really didn't care, but he tried to pretend he did. — Jason Medina

New Orleans is one of the two most ingrown, self-obsessed little cities in the United States. (The other is San Francisco.) — Nora Ephron

I love to eat. I'm from New Orleans. I eat like nobody's business. So to find a workout that I actually look forward to is a lifesaver. — Shelley Hennig

The moon that rose over New Orleans then still rises. As — Anne Rice

I believe in ghosts now because of New Orleans. I never did before. I was so skeptical, but now I've seen one, which sounds insane, but it's true. — Brett Dier

New Orleans is my essence, my soul, my muse ... — Harry Connick Jr.

Perspective was my secret weapon, and books gave me plenty of ammunition. — Ian McNulty

I don't feel at home in New Orleans. I don't feel at home in Austin or L.A. And I just felt immediately at home in northern Australia. — Amanda Palmer

After the storm, many citizens left New Orleans to live elsewhere, but those who stayed were determined to rebuild. They loved their city. — Howard Schultz

So, Ray... you seem like a cool cat," she said. "Are you into alternative lifestyle parties? — Jason Medina

Welcome to Tears of Crimson, the New Orleans Vampire Bar. — Michelle Hughes

I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one. — John Kennedy Toole

Most people don't know that Congo Square was originally a Muscogee ceremonial ground ... in New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz. — Joy Harjo

Paid way too much. But when you see a stuffed pelican, you better grab it 'fore somebody else does.
~New Orleans Requiem — D.J. Donaldson

You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine. — Francoise Sagan

New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size. — Billie Holiday

In the early 1980s, I burned my Social Security card at the New Orleans Investment Conference in protest of the state pension system. — Mark Skousen

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive. — Tyler Perry

I'm very fond of Tennessee Williams' plays, and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in the late 1970s, we saw 'A Street Car Named Desire.' — Ruth Rendell

Sometimes, the choices we make have devastating consequences — Jeanette Vaughan

Mark Twain, the thinking man's Colonel Sanders, reputedly said, America is New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco. Everywhere else is Cleveland. — Russell Brand

I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her. — Ruta Sepetys

The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans. — Taryn Manning

Am I right in thinkin' you've maybe been" - he dropped his voice - "the victim of an infamous outrage by the darkies? — J.R. Rain

The longer you live in New Orleans, the more unfit you become to live anywhere else. — Chris Rose

There is no reason at all why there aren't enough people to guard New Orleans and to help stabilise Baghdad. — Christopher Hitchens

You knows dat in New Orleans is not morning 'til dee sun come up. — Tom Robbins

New Orleans makes it possible to go to Europe without ever leaving the United States. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

New Orleans reminds me of Romania because New Orleans is very corrupt politically. — Andrei Codrescu

America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans.
Everywhere else is Cleveland. — Tennessee Williams

If New Orleans is allowed to die, a crucial part of the world's music heritage will disappear. — Ray Davies

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for. — Louis Armstrong

It seemed each band member was in his own world. Yet, each was in tune with the other. — Jason Medina

New Orleans, city of roaches, city of decay, city of our family, and of happy, happy people. — Anne Rice

But that was New Orleans for you. The old didn't die here. They were just forgotten. — Amanda Stevens

New Orleans is a city of elegance, beauty, and refinement. — Tom Piazza

Come on in. The water's fine. — Jason Medina

There are still a lotta nice Sicilian boys in New Orleans. (A nonna's advice to a zitella.) — Traci Andrighetti

I would say Randolph's a horse's ass, but that would be unfair to the horse. — Suzanne Johnson

He learned about life at sixteen, first from Dostoevsky and then from the whores of New Orleans. — Richard Brautigan

An eighty-nine year old kid from Boston playing a blues in New Orleans takes a lot of chutzpah. — George Wein

This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King. — Wynton Marsalis

Funny thing about love, ain't it? Sometimes it saves you and sometimes, like right then, even love isn't enough. — Eden Butler

New Orleans is a unique environment. — Steve Earle

For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town. — Delta Burke

Fidelity is a living, breathing entity. On wobbly footing, it can wander, becoming something different entirely. — Kay Goodstadt

I left my soul at Tears of Crimson, the New Orleans Vampire Bar. If found, don't return follow me into the endless night. — Michelle Hughes

To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the world is to live a meaningful existence by default. — Chris Rose

A New Orleans credo: When life gives you lemons
make daiquiris. — Chris Rose

There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun, and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy and God I know I'm one. — Bob Dylan

We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home. — Paul Prudhomme

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. — Laurell K. Hamilton

You don't control their minds, ma fifille, you control their hearts - Cosette — Alys Arden

Keeping up with him would require running, and there is no dignity in running after any man for any reason, injured or not. — Suzanne Johnson

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz. — Steve Lacy

You don't need a guidebook to see New Orleans - just a good pair of shoes. — James Carville

I love New Orleans. — Chris Paul