Miami Quotes - Page 2

• More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right.

  Patricia Ireland

  Opportunity, Looks, Machines

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• Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood. Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I'm talking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line. I'm in a New York state of mind.

  Billy Joel

  Beach, New York, Holiday

  "New York State of Mind" (song) (1976)

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• I love Miami; I miss it so much. I miss the beach, the peace it brings you. I love the sound and smell of the sea.

  Genesis Rodriguez

  Beach, Sea, Smell

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

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• I love David Caruso. I know it's not cool, but I do. I watch CSI: Miami. I think he's interesting.

  James Denton

  Thinking, Csi, Interesting

  "James Denton: Desperate Plumber". Interview with Dan Kapelovitz, Men’s Edge Magazine, kapelovitz.com. February 2005.

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• There are many really good teams in our conference this season. Miami, Indiana and Detroit will be our fiercest opponents this year. But we just have to focus on our game and be patient with the realistic hope that we'll be on top after all is said and done.

  Jason Kidd

  Basketball, Team, Years

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• People - just weird people are attracted to Miami. And they come there not for serious reasons, usually.

  Dave Barry

  People, Serious, Reason

  "Dave Barry's Mix of Over the Top Humor, Seriousness Reflects 'Insanity' of Miami". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. February 7, 2013.

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• I couldn't sleep knowing I was going to leave my Miami. It's always going to be my home, but it's not the same.

  Hanley Ramirez

  Home, Sleep, Knowing

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• In 1938, when I had decided that the only way to see the country was in a trailer, and I built the trailer which I still have and lived in it for eighteen months, and learned America from San Diego to the Canadian border, from Miami to New Jersey, and east to west in between.

  Leslie Charteris

  Country, America, West

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• My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked.

  Andy Garcia

  Father, Cuba, Saws

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• It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense.

  Jon Secada

  Beauty, Wedding, Intense

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• Why can't DFW compete like San Francisco does with Oakland, like Miami does with Fort Lauderdale, and like Chicago O'Hare does with Midway?

  John Ensign

  Oakland, San Francisco, Competition

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• I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami.

  Dan Marino

  Sports, Winning, Careers

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• As the plane got closer to Miami, I had this terrible feeling he was dying. Maybe he was telling me that he was going. I felt anger, panic, despair and helplessness.

  Robin Gibb

  Anger, Feelings, Despair

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

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• Miami drivers will attempt to pass you inside a car wash.

  Dave Barry

  Cities, Car, Drivers

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• Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.

  Dwyane Wade

  Moving, Mean, Nba

  "The ESQ&A: Dwyane Wade on Fashion, Fatherhood & Dressing With Confidence". Interview with Jonathan Evans, www.esquire.com. March 19, 2013.

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• As soon as I came to L.A., I was told that I was exotic. I'd think, But I'm from Miami! I'm as American as a cheeseburger!

  Genesis Rodriguez

  Thinking, Exotic, Cheeseburger

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Here in Miami, on weekends, amusement-seekers will come to the marina, set up folding chairs, and spend a highly entertaining day watching boat owners perform comical maneuvers such as forgetting to set their parking brakes and having their cars roll down the ramp and disappear, burbling gaily, below the surface.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Weekend, Car

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Talks Back”, p.88, Crown Archetype

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• I will never play for the Miami Heat.

  Rajon Rondo

  Play, Miami Heat, Heat

  "Rajon Rondo: ‘I Will Never Play For The Miami Heat’" By Brian Josephs, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 13, 2013.

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• I feel like I got my first real taste of Caribbean and Cuban culture while I was there. I have quite a sizeable Cuban vinyl collection from Miami thrift stores.

  Ayshay

  Real, Culture, Taste

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• It's odd to see a black person painting his nails in Miami, especially in the hip-hop community.

  SpaceGhostPurrp

  Hip Hop, Community, Black

  Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. June 18, 2012.

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• I think in L.A. everybody has a really cool flare, trendy style here. I think I kinda adapt be it I'm a little more trendy in L.A. Somewhere in New York, I could literally sit at a café and have a cappuccino and watch people walk by and it's like a fashion show to me. Compared to somewhere like Miami where I literally wear beachwear all day and I can walk around barefoot. My style is consistent. It may bend a little bit according to cities, but that's about it.

  Kelly Rowland

  Fashion, New York, Thinking

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• I absolutely love the balance between New York and Miami because I go to New York and I get so inspired and it's really busy and it's like the real city and then I come to Miami and I'm just in a happy place.

  Nina Agdal

  New York, Real, Cities

  Interview with David Morris, www.askmen.com. December 20, 2014.

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• Some suggested over the weekend that it is wrong to expect Elian Gonzalez to live in a place that tolerates no dissent or freedom of political expression. They were talking about Miami.

  Katie Couric

  Weekend, Expression, Talking

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• The people in Miami are so different from anywhere else I've been in America. They're so down to earth, really friendly, and quite self-effacing, with a good sense of humor. I'm not saying other parts of America don't have a sense of humor, but Miami maybe has to have a really good sense of humor for lots of different reasons, and it works. It works for me.

  Tracey Emin

  Self, America, People

  Interview with Joan Collins, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 4, 2013.

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• I've got a lot of good friends - the owner of the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets - both owners are friends of mine.

  Mitt Romney

  New York, Good Friend, Miami Dolphins

  "Redneck-&-neck: Romney looking strong down South", nypost.com. March 13, 2012.

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