Jacksonville Quotes

19 quotes from 12 authors

Even a brief list can convey a sense of place. This collection of 19 quotes from 12 writers offers a quick look at how Jacksonville has been described, remembered, and imagined.

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While performing for the WWE, Jacksonville was my favorite city to go to.

Kelly Kelly

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I mean, I'm just a girl from Jacksonville, Fla.

Kelly Kelly

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I'm very proud to be from Jacksonville.

Johnny Van Zant

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I'm really grateful for my time in Jacksonville. Those fans, that community.

Gardner Minshew

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I had a great time and am very grateful for my time in Jacksonville.

Blake Bortles

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There's been pressure it seems like since I got to Jacksonville, so it's kind of normal.

Blake Bortles

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I think it'd be miserable to play in a place like Jacksonville, where nobody cares.

Jason Kelce

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“I’ve lived in Jacksonville for—not sure, I get Jacksonville and Paris mixed up. I’ve never been to Paris.”

Jarod Kintz

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I'd rather sit in Jacksonville and do a different kind of work than get messed over.

Johnny Van Zant

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Jacksonville has exceptionally good talent in the areas of modality activities.

Shahid Khan

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“The day Spenkelink was put to death a popular Jacksonville disc jockey aired a recording of sizzling bacon and dedicated it to…

Stephen G. Michaud

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“In Jacksonville, there are more childrenless children than fatherless children. Barely. But that’s one bad thing that’s actually a good thing.”

Jarod Kintz

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And Jacksonville was just a clear choice, after knowing that I just needed a fresh start, and everything is just new here.

Shaquill Griffin

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I'm always changing. I still have the same morals and values and foundation of who I was, growing up in Jacksonville, FL,…

Ashley Greene

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I've gotten to know them and love everything about the people of Jacksonville. There is an energy and a youth factor here…

Shahid Khan

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Jacksonville back in the 1960s was kind of a redneck town. There were only two or three places where you could play…

Gary Rossington

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“If the creek predates the city deep in time, then is it right to identify the creek solely with the city? The…

Tim Gilmore

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“Oh, look, there are jobs available in Jacksonville! Today there are two jobs for me and 1.2 million other people in this…

Jarod Kintz

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It's been great, I think I kinda found my people in Jacksonville you know, just the right amount of white-trashiness for me.

Gardner Minshew

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