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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.

— Salman Rushdie

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Bombay is different to Liverpool, or anywhere, really.

— Amy Jackson

Mumbai is like Manhattan. There's a certain pace, a social life and the thrill of a professional life.

— Madhuri Dixit

You can't take the New York out of the girl. It's like a little country girl coming to the big city.

— Randee Heller

The fact is I like Mumbai less and less. My son says, 'Baba, let's go for a drive', and I tell him, 'Where's the fun of a drive in this place?' You get caught in a million traffic jams, and you spend time cooped in your car with all that mad cacophony around you.

— Om Puri

You can take the boy out of England, but you can't take England out of the boy. And ummm, yes, I feel a huge emotional attachment to England.

— John Mahoney

Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.

— Vikas Swarup

So, my sweetheart back home writes to me and wants to know what this gal in Bombay's got that she hasn't got. So I just write back to her and says, Nothin', honey. Only she's got it here.

— Alvah Bessie

✗Opposing Perspectives

You can take the boy out of the Midwest, but you can't take the Midwest out of the boy.

— Joe Lando

Having grown up in Bombay, from the day you're born, you have absolute freedom to choose who you want to be.

— Freida Pinto

If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.

— Dev Anand