Sidewalks of New York
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She really believes
there are good guys out there.

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She just has to remember
that, you know...

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men are like a disease...
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and, unfortunately...
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most onus have already
been infected.

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And as far as I can tell...
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there's no cure.
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Are you from New York originally?
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Yeah. Queens.
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That's not really New York,
is it?

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No, that's really New York.
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In fact, in my book,
that's the real New York.

:50:33
Why? Where are you from?
:50:35
The Upper East Side,
born and raised.

:50:37
The Upper East Side?
That's not really New York.

:50:40
What does your dad do for a living?
Is he a Wall Street guy?

:50:42
He's a lawyer.
:50:44
What does he have to do
with making this a great city?

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We, on the other hand--
the bridge and tunnel crowd...

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the outer borough folk--
we're the ones that built this city.

:50:52
We gave our blood and guts
to this town.

:50:55
One of my grandfathers
was a sand hog.

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Helped build the Lincoln
and Holland tunnel.

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Ended up dying of emphysema
from all the dust.

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A grandfather worked construction
on a dozen skyscrapers...

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including
the Empire State Building.

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Then he falls to his death
when I'm a kid.

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My dad was a cop,
got shot twice while on the job.

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My mom is a nurse
up at Harlem Hospital...

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still saving lives every day.
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So we really gave
something to the city.

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Our blood, our guts, our lives.
We're the ones that made it great.

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That's a great story...
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but I can trace my ancestors back
to the original Dutch settlers...

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in the 1 7th century.
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In my book, that's as real
a New Yorker as you can get.

:51:30
If you grew up
in the outer boroughs...

:51:32
you have a greater appreciation
of New York...

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than if you grew up in Manhattan.
:51:36
We grew up sort of seeing
the city from a distance...

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and feeling the pull of it,
longing for it.

:51:42
So maybe if you grew up here,
you kind of take it for granted.

:51:46
Jesus, you weren't kidding.
This is a great space.

:51:49
I thought you'd like it.
Obviously, it's a raw space.

:51:51
You'd have to build it out.
It'd cost money.

:51:53
I don't mean to be rude,
but what do you do for a living?

:51:56
I produce a television show,
Entertainment This Week.


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