Michigan Quotes

• There is a gentleness in Michigan that you just can't replicate.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Replicate, Gentleness

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• There are no turnarounds at Michigan. This is greatness. Long tradition of it.

  Jim Harbaugh

  Football, Greatness, Long

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• It all started in Michigan. My dad got a job in Michigan, so we all moved up there from St. Louis. I kind of hung out in the summer and had nothing to do, so I sort of got into acting. And then I was going to Grand Blanc High, doing the acting thing and hoping it would pan out.

  Evan Peters

  Summer, Jobs, Dad

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year.

  David Alan Grier

  Years, Acting, Sophomore

  "David Alan Grier's 'Sporting Life' On Broadway". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. May 22, 2012.

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• I think Michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs. In Michigan, I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life.

  Jeff Daniels

  Life, Thinking, Snow

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• Michigan, with its delicious American name. How lucky one must be to live there.

  Gary Shteyngart

  Names, Lucky, Delicious

  Gary Shteyngart (2014). “Little Failure: A Memoir”, p.108, Random House

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• California is beautiful to look at, but you can't be a part of it like you can in Michigan.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Beautiful, California, Looks

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• Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.

  Jim Harrison

  Drama, Two, Different

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• We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Needs, Cases, Ought

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• Michigan is my antidote to Manhattan. This is where I come to relax.

  Mario Batali

  Relax, Manhattan, Antidote

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• My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic - way to face racism. So she taught us to be racist, which is something I had to undo later when I got to Michigan, you know.

  James Earl Jones

  Grandmother, Thinking, Taught Us

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• That's one of the most exciting things about Michigan's future. We need to, we must capitalize on our alternative-energy vehicles that we can produce right here.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Energy, Needs, Alternatives

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• I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to see the compassion shown for those in need

  Jennifer Granholm

  Kindness, Compassion, Generosity

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• I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's the place I know best.

  Jim Harrison

  Writing, States, Native

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• God blessed me by putting me here for thirty-one years at Michigan and Trumbull.

  Ernie Harwell

  Blessed, Years, Thirty

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• I grew up in Michigan, in a very small town, Centreville. In my graduating class I had like 92 people.

  Verne Troyer

  Class, People, Towns

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Class, Entrepreneur, World

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• But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially you people in Michigan, you Tiger fans, you've given me so much warmth, so much affection and so much love.

  Ernie Harwell

  People, Fans, Affection

  Ernie Harwell (1986). “Tuned to Baseball”, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• I had woven a tapestry of obscenity that as far as I know is still hanging in space over Lake Michigan.

  Jean Shepherd

  Space, Lakes, Woven

  Jean Shepherd (2010). “In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash”, p.118, Broadway Books

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• A star is born in the teeth of the Lake Michigan wind.

  Brent Musburger

  Stars, Lakes, Wind

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• Exercise is really important to me - it's therapeutic. So if I'm ever feeling tense or stressed or like I'm about to have a meltdown, I'll put on my iPod and head to the gym or out on a bike ride along Lake Michigan with the girls.

  Michelle Obama

  Girl, Exercise, Lakes

  Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.55, PublicAffairs

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• I wanted to get from 4th street to 8th... Then I remembered Einstein postulating that parallel lines eventually meet. They're dredging my car from Lake Michigan as we speak.

  Emo Philips

  Lakes, Car, Lines

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• I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.

  Sarah Zettel

  Education, Communication, Formal

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• The Clean Michigan Initiative has been and continues to be a success.

  John Engler

  Congratulations, Cleanliness, Initiative

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• I think we've got outstanding teaching in Michigan classrooms.

  John Engler

  Teaching, Thinking, Classroom

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