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We are extremely proud to represent all of Radio One's stations within the Katz Radio Group. For the past five years we have worked diligently… — Steve Shaw
Yes, [Philadelphia is] horrible, but in a very interesting way. There were places there that had been allowed to decay, where there was so much… — David
I grew up in somewhat of a war zone in West Philadelphia in 1985, '86. It wasn't as extreme as someone coming in the classroom… — Questlove
I went to the University of Virginia and I came from, I grew up in suburban Philadelphia. — Tina Fey
The African American's relationship to Africa has long been ambivalent, at least since the early nineteenth century, when 3,000 black men crowded into Bishop Richard… — Henry Louis Gates
When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of… — Julius Erving
Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia. — W.C. Fields
Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed. — W.C. Fields
I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday. — W.C. Fields
Teller and I worked Renaissance Festivals and street performing - actually more real, no kidding around, Philadelphia street performing than we did Renaissance Festivals. — Penn Jillette
When I was in high school at Northeast Catholic in Philadelphia in the late '30s, I found that drawing caricatures of the teachers and satirizing… — Bil Keane
If you grow up in the South Bronx today or in south-central Los Angeles or Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, you quickly come to understand that you… — Jonathan Kozol
I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one. — David Lynch
I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon the most, and… — David Lynch
The first play I did was 'Philadelphia Here I Come.' Can you imagine that? I am 37 years old I am doing my second professional… — John Mahoney
Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport. — Michael Nutter
Whether it's on the streets of Philadelphia or New York or Chicago or Atlanta or in a classroom in Newtown, Connecticut, people want to be… — Michael Nutter
I see far stronger and more charismatic personalities strolling around Philadelphia's neighborhoods than are being featured in most of today's bland daytime soaps. — Camille Paglia
But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the… — Rafael Palmeiro
But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making… — Colin Powell
You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were… — Colin Powell
Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it. — Jill Scott
I didn't leave home until 27. I was an only child raised in Philadelphia by my mother and grandmother. My grandmother controlled the stove. She… — Jill Scott
I'm a secret interior decorator. There's a mural on my dining room wall of the railroad tracks at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I love… — Jill Scott
My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. — Ice T

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