In the West, people tend to look at life as spectators, but in the East, people are the thing.

- Duane Michals

A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information.

- Jimmy Wales

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.

- John Updike

I ain't got no beef with east coast, I think it's just being hyped up.

- Ice T

Democracy isn't just for people in the Middle East, but Britons, too.

- Heather Brooke

Brunei Darussalam is one of the oldest kingdoms in South East Asia.

- Hassanal Bolkiah

I live in east London, but I'm not cool.

- Greg McHugh

The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die.

- Ehud Barak

I kind of grew up on the East Coast, lived in New York for a while, then moved to L.A. So I'm not a New Yorker at all, but I'm much happier in New York; I've always liked it better.

- Dylan Walsh

I am the Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

- Dennis Ross

It's been quite an experience, being conservative and living in the North East.

- Ann Romney

That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.

- Daniel Boulud

I love the Lower East Side.

- David Duchovny

You don't know whether he's thought through how this is going to affect the Middle East.

- Chris Matthews

After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning.

- Casey Affleck

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.

- Bashar al-Assad

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

- Barack Obama

I come from a very la-ti-da East Coast intellectual family - or so they think.

- Alexandra Wentworth

I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.

- Andrew Rannells

I don't see a lot of movies that portray the East Village as well as I think they can.

- Adam Rapp