#detroit

I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#book #came #city #detroit #evanescent

I'll never forget that first night with the team. Going to the ballpark on the bus was the hardest 30 minutes of my life. I had to walk down that aisle between all the players. I really didn't know too much about the Detroit Tigers at that time. ↗

— Al Kaline

#about #aisle #ballpark #between #bus

You know, I'm the 1st black solo MC from Detroit. I didn't do the 50 Cent sales but hey... I got a long career, I'm still young and I'm trying to bring really good music. ↗

— Obie Trice

#black #bring #career #cent #detroit

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then obviously the natives must be dangerous as well as badly dressed. ↗

— Lewis H. Lapham

#country #dallas #dangerous #detroit #dressed

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win. ↗

— Doug Collins

#almost #always #any #below #detroit

Detroit: Cars and rock 'n' roll. Not a bad combo. ↗

— Kid Rock

#cars #detroit #rock #roll

It’s hard not to empathize with the mayor’s anger, given the injustices he’d suffered, but righteous anger rarely leads to wise policy. ↗

— Edward L. Glaeser

#coleman-young #detroit #injustice #policy #wisdom

Very few cities in the NHL have the history or the following of the Detroit Red Wings. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#detroit #few #following #history #nhl

After three failed marriages, I know what it's like to be replaced. So that's kind of how Joey Harrington must feel today... A former No. 1 choice looks to me like he's going to be a bust in Detroit. ↗

— Terry Bradshaw

#bust #choice #detroit #failed #feel

Though I'd have to say it was generally the guys in Detroit, as a group, that won the two Championships. They were terrific and I always look back very fondly. ↗

— Chuck Daly

#back #championships #detroit #fondly #generally