Michigan Quotes

• There are no turnarounds at Michigan. This is greatness. Long tradition of it.

  Jim Harbaugh

  Football, Greatness, Long

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• There is a gentleness in Michigan that you just can't replicate.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Replicate, Gentleness

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• I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year.

  David Alan Grier

  Years, Acting, Sophomore

  "David Alan Grier's 'Sporting Life' On Broadway". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. May 22, 2012.

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• It all started in Michigan. My dad got a job in Michigan, so we all moved up there from St. Louis. I kind of hung out in the summer and had nothing to do, so I sort of got into acting. And then I was going to Grand Blanc High, doing the acting thing and hoping it would pan out.

  Evan Peters

  Summer, Jobs, Dad

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

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• I think Michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs. In Michigan, I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life.

  Jeff Daniels

  Life, Thinking, Snow

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• California is beautiful to look at, but you can't be a part of it like you can in Michigan.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Beautiful, California, Looks

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• Michigan is my antidote to Manhattan. This is where I come to relax.

  Mario Batali

  Relax, Manhattan, Antidote

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• Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.

  Jim Harrison

  Drama, Two, Different

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• My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know.

  James Earl Jones

  Grandmother, Thinking, Taught Us

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• Michigan, with its delicious American name. How lucky one must be to live there.

  Gary Shteyngart

  Names, Lucky, Delicious

  Gary Shteyngart (2014). “Little Failure: A Memoir”, p.108, Random House

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• Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Exercise, Lakes

  Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.55, PublicAffairs

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• We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Needs, Cases, Ought

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• I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.

  Sarah Zettel

  Education, Communication, Formal

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• It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan.

  Glenn Frey

  Hippie, College, Drug

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• I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.

  John Engler

  Teaching, Thinking, Classroom

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• Michigan is also the only industrial state that has a AAA credit rating.

  John Engler

  Credit, Rating, States

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• The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and 62.

  John Engler

  Constitution, Currents, Written

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• The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success.

  John Engler

  Congratulations, Cleanliness, Initiative

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• Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards.

  John Engler

  Teacher, Teaching, Thinking

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• All 50 states had the same national economy. And on virtually any measurement you wish to look at, Michigan has moved up and improved against the others.

  John Engler

  Wish, Looks, Measurement

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• As a Michigan senator, I feel a special responsibility to protect the Great Lakes. They are not only a source of clean drinking water for more than 30 million people but are also an integral part of Michigan's heritage and its economy.

  Debbie Stabenow

  Drinking, Responsibility, Lakes

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• You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

  Helmut Jahn

  Thinking, Cities, Chicago

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• I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.

  Jim Harrison

  Race, Genuine, Mississippi

  Interview with Robert Birnbaum, themorningnews.org. June 7, 2004.

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• With Michigan's economic future on the line, we can't afford to have our 500 local school districts marching in different directions. Instead, we need a high standards, mandatory curriculum to get all our students on the road to higher education and a good paying job.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Jobs, School, Lines

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• So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school.

  James Earl Jones

  School, Years, Firsts

  "The Voice of Triumph". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 29, 1996.

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