I was born in Chicago. I moved to Detroit until I was six and moved to Oakland at that point. And then we had a couple years in Stockton and Pasadena. And by the time I was 13, I was back in Oakland.
Boots Riley
TimeBackBornChicagoDetroitSix
I appreciate Detroit so much.
Algee Smith
AppreciateDetroitMuch
If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that,' they might make it.
Richard M. DeVos
WorkPlantsTableDetroitSayWant
Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.
Kristen Bell
HeartBetterCountryDetroitUp
Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person.
Julian Bond
PeopleMePersonNewsDetroitSame
Back when Detroit was the head of auto manufacturing, it was clear where profits were created. Right? A car was made in Detroit. There was little argument that you could make that some of the money from that should be sent overseas to Ireland.
Charles Duhigg
CarMoneyYouBackArgumentDetroit
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 I'd scare you.
Ted Nugent
EnergyGuitarYearYouLookDetroit
I was born and raised in Detroit.
Keith Ellison
BornDetroitI Was BornRaised
When the hospital sends for me, when the ambulance comes and I ease my way out of the world, I'd rather be in Detroit, Michigan, than Lenox Hill.
Elaine Stritch
MeWorldDetroitHillWayHospital
My mom is from Ghana, and my dad is from Detroit, so I would go back and forth to Africa a lot.
Sam Richardson
MomBackGoDetroitAfricaWould
When you are already in Detroit, you don't have to take a bus to get there.
Ram Dass
YouDetroitBusTakeGet
I was born Joseph Lane, but when I applied to the actors union, they said they already had a Joe Lane on the books and I'd have to change my last or first name. I had played the character of Nathan Detroit, whom I liked very much, in 'Guys and Dolls,' so I took the name Nathan.
Nathan Lane
ChangeCharacterNameBornDetroit
Tesla has humiliated established carmakers with its brilliant vision. But Detroit, Turin, Stuttgart, and so on have understood scale as well as capital allocation for decades. Such gargantuan tasks could yet humiliate Tesla.
Adam Lashinsky
VisionDetroitBrilliantWellTesla
I'm from Detroit, so not exactly Buckingham Palace.
Dan Amboyer
DetroitPalaceExactly
There's something about Detroit, man: there's a serious vibe there. It could be that blue-collar, working-class-mentality person who lives out there. There's just something about it. It reminds me of Alaska. Texas has the same thing. Detroit is a little heavier than both.
John Gourley
ManMeTexasPersonSeriousDetroit
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 18 or 19 and then I went on to Detroit.
John Lee Hooker
LightsDetroitBrightTasteBigGot
What happened was, when I got into the brawl in Detroit, I was transitioning into a different type of person, that person that I've become, but that game had so many emotions involved.
Metta World Peace
GameEmotionsPersonDetroitBecome
There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played.
Smokey Robinson
DetroitAroundFewPlayedVery
I played Sky Masterson in 'Guys and Dolls' at St. Ignatius. I walked out onstage at one point looking for Nathan Detroit, and I'm supposed to say, 'Has anyone seen Nathan Detroit?' But, instead, I said, 'Has anyone seen Sky Masterson?' I immediately realized what I'd done, so I said, 'Wait a minute. I'm Sky Masterson!'
Rory O'Malley
SkyWaitLookingSaidDoneDetroit
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 - it is in the General Motors headquarters complex.
Michael Moore
CityDetroitOpenComplexOnly
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 can really see, what the city was. Like, I can feel why Motown started here and how amazing it was.
Jordin Sparks
CityAmazingFeelI CanDetroitWhy
In 2004, one of my books, 'Whale Talk,' was chosen as an all-school read in Fowlerville, Michigan, a rural town not far from Detroit. They had done what I thought was a brilliant and innovative thing: decided to teach the book in every discipline, sophomores through seniors.
Chris Crutcher
DisciplineBookThoughtDoneDetroit
There's just something about the audiences in Detroit that I've always felt connected to. Detroit is different.
Bob Saget
DetroitConnectedAlwaysSomething
Thanks to all the fans from Detroit and Philly who are recognizing what type of player I am, and I hope they keep supporting the Sixers.
Willie Green
HopeI AmDetroitThanksFansKeep
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