I’m no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn. – David Byrne
The Boys of Summer were heroes in Brooklyn for a full postwar decade partly because the players could not entertain higher offers. – George Vecsey
I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don’t hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. – Mikhail Baryshnikov
I was born in Brooklyn, delivered by a Chinese doctor on a table in a boarding house on Sept. 23, 1920. – Mickey Rooney
After a subsequent interview at Brooklyn Poly, I was hired, and life as a fully independent researcher began. – Rudolph A. Marcus
There’s something about Brooklyn that reminds me of Toronto. I think because it’s so community-minded. – Sandrine Holt
I lived in Park Slope, which is probably one of the most homogenized areas of Brooklyn. No offense to Park Slope. – Stephanie Beatriz
I bought my Grasshoppers tennis shoes at a flea market in Brooklyn. They are so comfortable to lounge around in on tour. – Wynter Gordon
I was a prosecutor in Brooklyn in the homicide division and then as a senior assistant district attorney. – Star Jones
