Peoria is such a seemingly quintessential American city, and I had always wanted to draw on that in either my fiction or… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I had an unusually large-sized head, though this was not uncommon for a baby in the Midwest. The craniums in our part… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
I grew up in the Midwest, quite far from any ocean or any beach, a million miles. I think for kids who… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
I come from the Midwest, from the suburbs - growing up hanging out at the mall and looking at the corn fields… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I was made fun of in the Midwest - I was the only Asian in my graduating class of 200. Fortunately, I… — Reggie Lee Copy Share Image
I just think - the Midwest, if you grow up there, you're deathly afraid of putting on airs. Any time a Midwesterner… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I stand for the Midwest. That's why the album's titled 'M.O.,' 'cause I'm still holding it down like that. My friends and… — Nelly Copy Share Image
I think my first hit was probably '24 is a Rubberband Man,' which was my second album. My first project, it was… — T.I Copy Share Image
The thing about Chicago is that it really isn't like any other place. The architecture and the layout of the city are… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
Coming from where I came from, the Midwest, in the era I was born, the '30s, movies were glorious fun - Bette… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
“They talk about big skies in the western United States, and they may indeed have them, but you have never seen such… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
I was born in Chicago, then I spent most of my youth in Joliet, Illinois which is about thirty minutes south, and… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
It is critical to develop a biofuel industry powered by feedstocks produced in every corner of the country, in addition to the… — Tom Vilsack Copy Share Image
You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see.… — Zach Johnson Copy Share Image
There is something about growing up in the Midwest that gives a different kind of sensibility. But if I'm feeling insecure, the… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
You need to get out of your comfort zone, return to the Midwest, see some family, and, as cheesy as it sounds,… — Lissie Copy Share Image
It's kind of low brow, but the show 'Bob's Burgers' is hilarious, and being from the Midwest, I can kind of relate… — Gracie Gold Copy Share Image
“The Midland Midwest would develop as a center of moderation and tolerance, where people of many faiths and ethnicities lived side by… — Colin Woodard Copy Share Image
I myself was born beside a river - the Avon in Sarum. So when I first encountered New York's great harbor and… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
I decided to host a couple of the 'In The Life' programs. And I did that really as a result of meeting… — Lesley Gore Copy Share Image
I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, in a tight game with runners on, digging in at short, ready to break with the ball, a peace I'd never… — Stuart Dybek Copy Share Image
My mother was raised very, very strict Catholic in the Midwest. There was so much fear and intimidation [in the faith]. So,… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
I think everyone has some sort of connection to Gatsby as a character... he's created himself according to his own emotions and… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
I'm from the Midwest, and I loved my family. I had a very good time as a child, but I was also… — Bob Balaban Copy Share Image
People always want you to look pretty. I would like to live in the Midwest in a small town and never put… — Catherine Hicks Copy Share Image
Most of my books are set in the American Midwest, where I have always lived. Midwesterners are lovely, down-to-earth people. The luxury… — Leigh Michaels Copy Share Image
I sometimes wish we could have, over the next five or ten years, a lot of horrid things happening-you know, like tornadoes… — Thomas Schelling Copy Share Image
I was a huge theater geek growing up, and that was not the easiest thing in the world, especially growing up in… — Johnny Galecki Copy Share Image
Once we were driving in the midwest and we pulled into a McDonald's. Someone came up to me and asked me why… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Irish is harder to pull off. I know southern people and I really like the midwest, so I can tap into that… — Norman Reedus Copy Share Image
In any democratic, civilized - even non-democratic nations, if you are a nation, it means to say that in our case, if… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The next thing I am doing is moving back home to Minnesota and getting involved in politics. I'm looking at a run… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“This Midwest. A dissonance of parts and people, we are a consonance of Towns. Like a man grown fat in everything but… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
All of you are aware of the journey I've taken this past year and I just want to relay to all of… — Fred Hoiberg Copy Share Image
Because I was from the Midwest and untrained, I was completely open and ready to try anything. Many of my classmates were… — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
“There was that sound again--snap, then a footfall. She tried to whirl around as a dark form--Dear God--sprang with a splash from… — Kaye George Copy Share Image
There are parts of the country in America, in the Midwest, where wind is a big resource, and we should absolutely use… — Vinod Khosla Copy Share Image
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