My music is the essence of Detroit. At one time, we were the center of the world, man - Motor City. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
“Canada is a part of Detroit to Detroiters,” Corvus commented. Miracle” — D. Camille Copy Share Image
My mom is from Ghana, and my dad is from Detroit, so I would go back and forth to Africa a lot. — Sam Richardson Copy Share Image
I grew up in Michigan, in the Detroit area, so cars are sort of in my DNA. — Karl Iagnemma Copy Share Image
I'd like to win a championship for the Steelers and for myself to shove down Detroits throat. — Bobby Layne Copy Share Image
The Detroit fans treated me great. I was glad to see they knew my name. — Justin Verlander Copy Share Image
The real story of Detroit [...] can be summed up in seven words. Private enterprise built it, government destroyed it. — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I have no interest in romanticizing poor black people, having been one of them myself in our beloved hometown of Detroit. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Detroit can become a national model for urban revitalization, but to do so, it must break free from past development models. — Rashida Tlaib Copy Share Image
There's only one movie theater in the entire city of Detroit. The entire city has one open movie theater, and it is… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Shepard Fairey, the street artist responsible for President Obama's 'Hope' poster, is now facing vandalism charges in Detroit. It's pretty serious. Detroit… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
In November 1963, [Malcolm X] gives his famous message to the grassroots address in Detroit, which really kind of marks off the… — Manning Marable Copy Share Image
I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
It's still a trip for me to see somebody that I've only seen on television or in a movie. When they are… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“As I rode back to Detroit, a vision of Henry Ford's industrial empire kept passing before my eyes. In my ears, I… — Diego Rivera Copy Share Image
I had met Michael Stipe, and he was such a kind person, and extremely understanding, so I asked him if he knew… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“In the weeks leading up to the Detroit rebellion, three incidents exacerbated racial tensions. On June 12, a mob of more than… — Joshua Bloom Copy Share Image
The thing that you have to understand about those of us in the Black Muslim movement was that all of us believed… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The Obama administration seems to be following what might be called 'the Detroit pattern increasing taxes, harassing businesses, and pandering to unions.… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
I grew up on the west side of Detroit - 6 mile and Wyoming - so I was really in the 'hood.… — Big Sean Copy Share Image
We don't hear our president [Barack Obama] talking about the need for high-quality jobs for everybody, giving it priority, not just giving… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“Although Indianapolis had a bigger automobile industry than Detroit at the end of the nineteenth century, Detroit would soon steal its thunder… — Val Holley Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I really discovered good stuff like Detroit techno or gabba from Holland. — Apparat Copy Share Image
I've lived in L.A., Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati but New York is the best. — Soupy Sales Copy Share Image
If I was to keep playing, I had to play in Detroit, and it just wasn't for me anymore. — Calvin Johnson Copy Share Image
When I was with Washington, Portland, Detroit, everybody still got love for me and I still got love for them. — Rasheed Wallace Copy Share Image
I'm born and bred out of Detroit. Detroit is an interesting place. You've got to be from somewhere. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
LBJ held up Detroit as a model of what the Great Society could accomplish. He was right. — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
The video for 'Ride the Wind,' we shot that in Detroit. We shot it at Joe Louis Arena two nights in a… — Bret Michaels Copy Share Image
I understand that Detroit was a pretty rough place to grow up in the '70s and '80s. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit — Tony Goldwyn Copy Share Image
Detroit is known as 'Hockeytown,' but the Lions are truly the soul of the city. — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
In Detroit there are a lot of houses they are going to demolish because no one is taking care of them. — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I want to stay in Detroit, for sure, but Detroit ain't waiting for me. — Dennis Schroder Copy Share Image
When I made 'Detroit vs. Everybody,' I knew. I knew this for Eminem. — Statik Selektah Copy Share Image
“In April following I was ordered to Detroit, Michigan, where two years were spent with but few important incidents.” — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
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