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If you want to know how poor somebody was growing up, ask them how many windows they had. Don’t ask what was in their fridge or in their closet. The number of windows says it all. It says everything. If they had none, or maybe one or two,
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“It has never been more difficult or expensive for them to hang on here but they would not be anywhere else, not for the world.”
― Here is New York
― Here is New York
“The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines. The island of Manhattan is without any doubt the greatest human concentrate on earth, the poem whose magic is comprehensible to millions of permanent residents but whose full meaning will always remain elusive.”
― Here is New York
― Here is New York
Our Shared Shelf - NYC
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Dear NYC Members, Seeing that OSS is a global book club, this chapter of Our Shared Shelf will serve to bring together the members who reside in New ...more
Our Shared Shelf
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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