Detroit Quotes - Page 4

• The real story of Detroit [...] can be summed up in seven words. Private enterprise built it, government destroyed it.

  Peter Schiff

  Real, Government, Stories

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• I’m not super thin, but I’m thin, for like, Detroit

  Lena Dunham

  "Lena Dunham: ‘I’m Thin For Detroit,’ ‘Girls’ Star Tells Howard Stern", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2013.

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• Just look at what this corrupt establishment has done to our cities like Detroit; Flint, Michigan; and rural towns in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and all across our country. Take a look at what's going on. They stripped away these town bare. And raided the wealth for themselves and taken our jobs away out of our country never to return unless I'm elected president.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Jobs, Taken

  "TRANSCRIPT: Donald Trump's Speech Responding To Assault Accusations". www.npr.org. October 13, 2016.

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• Detroit is still seen as the tough city, a city that has a reputation for high crime, ... The tough city thing is fine. Its always had a reputation as that. ... You know, Gordie Howe, when I was watching hockey, was the toughest guy in the league playing for the Red Wings. He represented that tough aura.

  Eugene Levy

  Hockey, Cities, Wings

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• Detroit is really the most perfectly laid out city one could imagine, and such an enchanting park and lake, - infinitely better than any town I know in Europe. It ought to be a paradise in about fifty years when it has all matured.

  Elinor Glyn

  Years, Europe, Cities

  Elinor Glyn (2013). “The Essential Elinor Glyn Collection”, p.313, eBookIt.com

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• I am old enough to remember when America's K-12 public schools were the best in the world. I am a proud graduate of them, and I credit much of my success to what I learned in Detroit Public Schools and at Michigan State University.

  Eli Broad

  School, America, Michigan

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• I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.

  Mayer Hawthorne

  Growing Up, Healthy, West

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• I was born in Missouri, but I was raised in Detroit. One of my stock and trades is accents.

  Denis O'Hare

  Accents, Born, Missouri

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• Never was a person more mortified than I was at this time, to see so fair an opportunity to push a victory; Detroit lost for want of a few men.

  George Rogers Clark

  Men, Opportunity, Victory

  "The Buffalo Trace" by George R. Wilson, Indiana Historical Society Publications, volume 15, number 2, Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, (pp. 189), 1946.

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• I know that's blasphemous when you are from Detroit, but I was never a fan of Motown stuff. I don't care for the production much.

  Jack White

  Motown, Knows

  "Jack White, Rock Innocent: Rolling Stone's 2003 Interview". Interview with Austin Scaggs, www.rollingstone.com. February 02, 2011.

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• By the end of the 1980s, Seattle had taken on the dangerous lustre of a promised city. The rumour had gone out that if you had failed in Detroit you might yet succeed in Seattle - and that if you'd succeeded in Seoul, you could succeed even better in Seattle... Seattle was the coming place. So I joined the line of hopefuls.

  Jonathan Raban

  Taken, Cities, Succeed

  Jonathan Raban (2011). “Hunting Mister Heartbreak: A Discovery of America”, p.303, Vintage

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• Race always comes up in the conversation of Detroit.

  Julie Mehretu

  Race, Come Up, Conversation

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• Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the city, physically, has suffered. You can see it in certain neighborhoods, and there's buildings downtown that have been abandoned.

  Michael Imperioli

  Pain, Cities, Downtown

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• That was Sydney Sage," said Lissa. "I thought they were all in West Virginia. Why isn't she with Rose?" "That," said Abe darkly, "is an excellent question." "Because they were apparently kidnapping Jill Mastrano in Detroit," said Christian. "Which is weird. But not the craziest thing I can think of Rose doing.

  Richelle Mead

  Christian, Thinking, Virginia

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.235, Penguin

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• There are certain things that we take for granted that simply would not have existed without the great migration. Motown, for example, would not have existed - it simply would not, because Berry Gordy, the founder of it, his parents had migrated from Georgia to Detroit where he founded Motown, and where did he get his talent?

  Isabel Wilkerson

  Parent, Example, Berries

  "Journalist Isabel Wilkerson". "Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. October 6, 2010.

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• I remember Detroit feeling really unsafe, feeling scared a lot. Our house was broken into, our car was stolen, we had to get a watchdog, we would get beat up in the street, I had my bike stolen. There was just a lot of real anarchy on the streets and sidewalks.

  Sufjan Stevens

  Real, Broken, Car

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• If you want to talk about EDM, let’s talk about Detroit underground music, Chicago house and let’s talk about all the things that got us to this place. We all get on the train of dance music. We need to all respectfully look through the carriages that have come before us and realize how we got here.

  Goldie

  Edm, House, Chicago

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• I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.

  Steve Yzerman

  Sports, Player, Wings

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• Governor Romney supported the bailout of Wall Street and decided not to support the bailout of Detroit.

  Rick Santorum

  Wall, Support, Republican

  "Santorum: Romney favored Wall Street bailout, but not Detroit bailout" by Maggie Haberman, www.politico.com. February 16, 2012.

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• Ten Delta Airlines baggage handlers were arrested for smuggling drugs into Detroit. Yeah, you can tell Delta was involved, because the drugs were supposed to be smuggled into Chicago.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Drug, Chicago, Baggage

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• LBJ held up Detroit as a model of what the Great Society could accomplish. He was right.

  Mark Steyn

  Lbj, Accomplish, Models

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• Detroit's so bad this year they might lose their bye week.

  Dennis Miller

  Football, Years, Nfl

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• One of the advantages, one of the special things, about playing in Detroit or Montreal is guys like Gordie Howe walk in the room. I didn't know he was here tonight, it was kind of a coincidence to get that assist on a night that he's here.

  Steve Yzerman

  Night, Guy, Special

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• I am a huge Pistons fan. Those were some of my best times in college, watching the Detroit Pistons.

  Steven Yeun

  College, Fans, Best Times

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Detroit is largely composed, today, of seemingly endless square miles of low-density failure.

  Jane Jacobs

  Squares, Density, Today

  Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.204, Vintage

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