New York is a glamorous city, constituted mostly of nobodies. They crave the lights, and if they tell you differently, they're lying. Only dreamers come to New York. As a matter of course, few people have control of their lives.… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city has burned to the ground. The city's flag acknowledges as much. Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus: We… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus: We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes. — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
Some people are doomed from birth because their environment is so toxic. — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
But wanderlust is like a pretty girl - you wake up one morning, find she's grown old and decide that either you're going to… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
And then I settled into the most natural thing for a man with no real talents. Journalism. — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
We are born to a time. What you do with it is on you. Do the best you can. Try to be good. And… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
There's not much a newspaper reporter can do about dead men. But a newspaper reporter and a cop and a judge can deliver some… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
Go ahead and laugh at Detroit. Because you are laughing at yourself. — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
New York is a glamorous city, constituted mostly of nobodies. They crave the lights, and if they tell you differently, they're lying. Only dreamers… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
