If I am feeling broken, I can pick up one of [Ivy Compton-Burnett] books and the next morning I can write again.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
My mom's one of 13 siblings, and they all got six kids, and till I was 13 everybody was in Compton. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Compton is a much safer Compton than it was in the '80s. People play in parks. People aren't afraid to be out… — Aja Brown Copy Share Image
Compton is this amazing place with a rich history. I see it as a new Brooklyn. — Aja Brown Copy Share Image
The tension between the Capulets and the Montagues is like a gang rivalry, and that has everything to do with Compton. — Corey Hawkins Copy Share Image
From a planning perspective, I thought Compton was phenomenal. It has a huge potential to be a great city, and I always… — Aja Brown Copy Share Image
Straight outta Compton, another crazy ass nigga. More punks I smoke, yo, my rep gets bigger. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've known Nick Compton a long time. He's a fully-formed cricketer and he's scored lots of runs. — Andrew Strauss Copy Share Image
I went back and studied the game, was a student of the game and worked on my craft and dedicated myself, you… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
People are taking a second look at Compton or rethinking what they believed to be true. Even the rap stars who helped… — Aja Brown Copy Share Image
I'm not all dolled up. We tried to keep it as real as we could. We're telling you something that happened. It's… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
My parents were fairly young in the city of Compton. So the things that they played - you know, that was the… — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
There are a lot of writers from the South who would probably have once figured they needed to go to New York… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“A young, beautiful mayor’s with high-powered plans for the city of Compton must put them aside to become a sleuth to solve… — Martha Tucker Copy Share Image
When we look at the investment decisions into the city of Compton, the small business community and global corporations and retailers and… — Aja Brown Copy Share Image
I call his ['Straight Outta Compton'] story a Disneyland because it's an illusion. It is how he wanted it to be remembered,… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
You know, growing up my - you know, I came from Compton, Calif., and, you know, it was a place where a… — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
I never go to the Grammys. I just never go. I don't know if I care enough, and I went because my… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I think Straight Outta Compton is one of the greatest biopics, but I am biased on that one, obviously. There are some… — Bun B Copy Share Image
Yeah, I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it… — Eazy-E Copy Share Image
Drugs are so easy to get in the ghetto. They might not be easy to get in nice areas like Beverly Hills,… — Snoop Dogg Copy Share Image
I just remember not having access to films as a young person who loved films but living in Compton. In order to… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
For myself, faith begins with a realization that a supreme intelligence brought the universe into being and created man. It is not… — Arthur Compton Copy Share Image
As a kid from Compton, you can get all the success in the world and still question your worth. — Kendrick Lamar Copy Share Image
Thank you to Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Universal Studios, and the Grammys for telling the story of what Compton was and is… — Aja Brown Copy Share Image
We're asking that the Compton citizens have a zero tolerance policy against violence. — Aja Brown Copy Share Image
For me, surviving Compton is surviving the men, because Suge and Dre are from Compton. So in my world, in my mind,… — Michel'le Copy Share Image
If my mother hadn't thrown my football boots on the fire, I might have become as famous as Denis Compton. — Len Hutton Copy Share Image
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![“I'm not all dolled up. We tried to keep it as real as we could. We're telling you something that happened. It's a part of history. I hope this movie [ 'Surviving Compton'] gives you a little bit of me and of my music and my heart.” quote by Michel'le](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94d/michel-le-8055_bits_i-m-not-all-dolled-up-we-tried-to-keep-i_1540505.jpg)
![“I call his ['Straight Outta Compton'] story a Disneyland because it's an illusion. It is how he wanted it to be remembered, so that is how he portrayed it. And he had every right to do that. As did I.” quote by Michel'le](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/michel-le-8055_compton_i-call-his-straight-outta-compton-story_1110822.jpg)
