The first city I ever came to in the states was Des Moines. I was 12 and was in a boys' choir. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I didn't really believe in myself. Why should a young kid from Des Moines, Iowa, be a world champion? — Jeremy Stephens Copy Share Image
If you want to be a comedian, go out. Do a week in Des Moines, Iowa. Try to make those people laugh. — Nick Swardson Copy Share Image
A high percentage of each of my books has been written in Des Moines. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs. — Stephen Collins Copy Share Image
Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington -- it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I love it. It's all good to me. Whether I'm performing in New York, L.A., Columbus or Des Moines, I give 110… — Bret Michaels Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, in Des Moines, Iowa, there is hardly any downtown economic activity now. Everybody shops in malls - you… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I must admit, even my fans everywhere I go in the world - just this week I was in London and Glasgow… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I am from Des Moines, Iowa - not even the city but out in the country. I don't have a lot of… — Cloris Leachman Copy Share Image
Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of… — Zach Johnson Copy Share Image
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I think that the Internet is going to effect the most profound change on the entertainment industries combined. And we're all gonna… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
Hardly anyone ever leaves. This is because Des Moines is the most powerful hypnotic known to man. Outside town there is a… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
In a small town, everyone works together and does life together, and because of that everyone takes care of each other. That's… — Kim Reynolds Copy Share Image
I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the ice cream… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
What the Des Moines Register said - you know, there were coin - I think there were half a dozen coin flips… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
This sounds corny, but I once told a kid when I was in a the library conference, the best - not the… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
We're talking about an extremely prolific poet and songwriter and lyricist. That stuff comes off the top of her head. She [Joni… — Don Alias Copy Share Image
(On upcoming racing plans) Right now I am going to go back into training and then I am going to resurface and… — Leonel Manzano Copy Share Image
There is the global teenager hypothesis, that what happened in the '60s in America was that there was, the baby boom cohort… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you. I was never the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I moved to Des Moines when I was 15. I asked my mother to give up costody and sign parental rights over… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time… — Zach Johnson Copy Share Image
I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and 'Wuthering Heights'… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Much as I resented having to grow up in Des Moines, it gave me a real appreciation for every place in the… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
We don't have a constant PR person or anything. That's why people say. 'Oh, you're still together?' Yeah. I'm in Des Moines… — Fred Schneider Copy Share Image
Fads get hot in California. A good idea can come from Des Moines, but it's not going to be anything there. Then… — Ken Hakuta Copy Share Image
Generally, Iowans are Iowans no matter where you go. There are some different issues in Des Moines than in the real rural… — Tom Latham Copy Share Image
Secret Service agents detained an Iowa man with a gun who happened to be walking in a Des Moines park where President… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see.… — Zach Johnson Copy Share Image
When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
My interest in chemistry was started by reading Robert Kennedy Duncan's popular books while a high school student in Des Moines, Iowa,… — Wallace Carothers Copy Share Image
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