Michigan Quotes - Page 2

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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I do know that all of the Michigan delegation worked very hard as related to the revival of the auto industry. There was really a choice between bankruptcy and liquidation. There was no one that was willing to come up not only with the cash to keep them afloat but also to serve the warranties of everyone, you and I that drive all these cars. There was no one that could have picked up those pieces other than the federal government. [The auto bailout was] bipartisan from the get-go. [Without it,] Michigan would have hit 40 percent unemployment rates.

Fred Upton

Government, Car, Choices

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My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.

Mayer Hawthorne

Dad, Player, Practice

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You can take Saban's record when he was at Michigan State and when he was a coach in the Big Ten and put it against mine, and he can't compare.

Bret Bielema

Records, States, Bigs

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The first thing to know about playing baseball in Michigan is, Michigan's really cold.

Derek Jeter

Baseball, Firsts, Cold

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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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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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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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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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The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and 62.

John Engler

Constitution, Currents, Written

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

John Engler

Credit, Rating, States

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The first thing I did [in Michigan] was join a picket line of a pizzeria in Ann Harbor in 1963 that didn't allow African Americans to eat there.

Bill Ayers

African American, Lines, Firsts

Source: www.truth-out.org

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People always ask if I was really voted Most Bizarre Girl in high school. But that one's actually true. I was living in Michigan in a very conservative town and had a nose-ring and a shaved head and did kind of strange things.

Gillian Anderson

Girl, School, People

"X-Files Archive: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in conversation". Interview with Nick De Semlyen, www.empireonline.com. August, 2008.

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Most of the time, I'm here in Michigan and I'm taking out the garbage every Monday.

Bob Seger

Monday, Garbage

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Every time you see a University of Michigan team, you're going to see a team that's going to play together & fight until the end until there's two zeros on the clock.

Denard Robinson

Team, Fighting, Play

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With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting public safety.

Bill Schuette

Government, Cities, America

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Right now, hail to the Michigan State Spartans.

Brent Musburger

States, Hail, Right Now

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Throughout my life I have dreamed of coaching at the University of Michigan.

Jim Harbaugh

Coaching, University Of Michigan, University

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I grew up in Michigan, so I played hockey, football and basketball. I played a little bit of lacrosse, too. My brother played more lacrosse and ran track.

Steven Yeun

Basketball, Football, Brother

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

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It's a success story here in Michigan. We have hiring going on. We have new industries going on.

James P. Hoffa

Stories, Hiring, Industry

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I helped put in a rink in Cadillac, Michigan, when my wife was very healthy. She helped them put it in and the rink is going full-bore the last time I was there.

Gordie Howe

Wife, Healthy, Cadillacs

Interview with Arash Markazi, www.si.com. May 15, 2009.

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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, Credit

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