Los Angeles City Quotes

2 quotes from 2 authors

Anyone who’s walked L.A. feels the clash of gritty underbelly and perpetual sunshine, cinematic. The two quotes capture that tension—a downtown jail night and a glossy fantasy of endless red carpets—pointing to L.A.’s mythic duality and hinting at Hollywood lore, urban American life, and California’s cultural mythology.

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There's always - somehow a red carpet everywhere. And I think that, you know, it's a fantasyland out here, you know. It's beautiful. It's sunny all the time. You know, there are beautiful people everywhere because you're not allowed to…

Debra Messing

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I spent nine days in the Downtown Los Angeles City Jail. The judge gave me a suspended sentence and I went to work that night - wailed just like nothing happened. What strucked me funny though - I laughed real…

Louis Armstrong

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