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194 Detroit quotes by 151 unique authors

I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit… — Quincy Jones
When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after… — Ed Koch
There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And… — Elmore Leonard
There's only one movie theater in the entire city of Detroit. The entire city has one open movie theater, and it is in the -… — Michael Moore
So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The… — Rachel Nichols
Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy… — Ted Nugent
I was born in Missouri, but I was raised in Detroit. One of my stock and trades is accents. — Denis O'Hare
Detroit, my 'great' subject, made me the person I am, consequently the writer I am - for better or worse. — Joyce Carol Oates
Some said he shouldn't save Detroit. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save more than a million American jobs in an… — Harry Reid
I have a strange fascination with the Midwest. I'm waiting to find out that my parents are actually from the Midwest. I grew up in… — Jason Reitman
Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo. — Kid Rock
Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan. — Kid Rock
Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit. — Kid Rock
I see the people in Detroit are very - they're like a lot of cities, but they're very proud to be from there and they… — Kid Rock
I was brought up in this part of Detroit that they used to call the ghetto. — Diana Ross
I was born in Detroit, in an all black neighborhood. — Steven Seagal
I've performed in Auburn Hills, at The Palace, so I haven't really been in downtown Detroit, but I've been able to be here, and I… — Jordin Sparks
Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings. — Steve Yzerman
I have no interest in romanticizing poor black people, having been one of them myself in our beloved hometown of Detroit. — Michael Eric Dyson
I grew up in Detroit. I was a teen father. I lived on welfare for three years. I have a brother serving life in prison,… — Michael Eric Dyson
I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Planning is for the world's great cities, for Paris, London, and Rome, for cities dedicated, at some level, to culture. Detroit, on the other hand,… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Augie: Does everybody else know? T.C.: About my epitaph? Augie: About me being gay, you gink-head hoser-face! T.C. Not everybody. There's a night watchman at… — Steve Kluger
I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having… — Andrew Vachss
That was Sydney Sage," said Lissa. "I thought they were all in West Virginia. Why isn't she with Rose?" "That," said Abe darkly, "is an… — Richelle Mead

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