Cities Quote by Elin Hilderbrand

Iowa City is okay as Midwestern cities go, but there's no food, no culture, no ocean.

— Elin Hilderbrand

I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.

— Chelsea Cain

I am from Des Moines, Iowa - not even the city but out in the country. I don't have a lot of trappings, I…

— Cloris Leachman

I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.

— Chelsea Cain

My parents were born and raised in Iowa and my two brothers were born in Iowa before my family moved to California where I…

— Jennie Finch

For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country.

— Elin Hilderbrand

I'm not cutthroat. I'm Midwestern.

— Heather Burns

I think I'm a polite person and I have those kind of midwestern values. I send out elaborate Christmas cards, and in that way…

— Jenna Fischer

I'm the youngest of three boys. Both of the older two are very heterosexual, football-watching, married, child-rearing, cornfed Midwestern guys.

— Jonathan Van Ness

When I'm back home in Chicago, since 'Roseanne' was such a Midwestern, blue-collar show, that's what sticks out in people's minds.

— Johnny Galecki

I'm good at my job for a midwestern American. Maybe it's because people in fashion often mistake common sense for genius. I mean, some…

— David Wolfe

I'm still the same person who grew up mostly in a Midwestern, factory-working neighborhood where talk about "self-esteem" would have seemed like a luxury.

— Gloria Steinem

I'm a Midwestern girl; I was born in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in Dayton until I was ten years old. Then my whole…

— Gretchen Bleiler

Midwestern people stick together. Gee willikers, they work hard. There's no glitz, no glamour. When I was a girl in Duluth, Minnesota, I used…

— Gena Lee Nolin

I'm kind of a Midwestern snob. I think we're just nice people and have a great work ethic.

— Carol Bartz