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Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile. — Kristen Bell
My family was blue collar, a middle-class kind of thing. My father was born in Detroit, Italian-American. My mother is English. She acted on the… — Lorraine Bracco
I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like the… — Rick Danko
I was just about 6 weeks old when we moved to Detroit. — Eddie Floyd
My mum's American. She's from Detroit. — Rebecca Hall
Detroit 1-8-7' - the numbers are police slang for murder - is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of authenticity. Detroit offers… — Michael Imperioli
Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the city,… — Michael Imperioli
I went on to Cincinnati. I had got a taste of the big cities and them bright lights. I stayed there until I was about… — John Lee Hooker
I think Detroit would do real well if we started repopulating it with young, aspirational people. — Jeb Bush
I remember Detroit feeling really unsafe, feeling scared a lot. Our house was broken into, our car was stolen, we had to get a watchdog,… — Sufjan Stevens
I haven't reached nirvana yet, but I've been to Detroit. — David Letterman
If you want to talk about EDM, let’s talk about Detroit underground music, Chicago house and let’s talk about all the things that got us… — Goldie
It doesn't take a genius to see what happens when the entitlement state outgrows the economy upon which it rests. The time of Greece, Cyprus,… — Charles Krauthammer
Detroit turned out to be heaven, but it also turned out to be hell. — Marvin Gaye
Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win. — Doug Collins
When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there. — Ram Dass
I come from Detroit where it's rough and I'm not a smooth talker. — Eminem
I'm from Mt. Clemens, Michigan. It's right outside Detroit. The suburbs. I was always very heavily involved in theater back then. I was always in… — Paul Feig
I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio. — Gerald R. Ford
I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had… — Gerald R. Ford
Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit. — Jim Harrison
I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose… — Mayer Hawthorne
Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit. — Mayer Hawthorne
That's one of the most important things to me is that Detroit and Ann Arbor got my back. If you don't have hometown love, then… — Mayer Hawthorne
Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key - probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US. — Jim Henson

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