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I fought in Detroit 23 times.

Jake LaMotta

American Athlete

Born: Jul 10, 1922

Died: Sep 19, 2017

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The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat. Ben Shapiro

Government Failure Capitalism People Simple Voting Job Increase Enough Spending Job Creators Boost Promise City Pension Detroit Allow Generous Until Employment Inequality Repeat Government Spending Campaign Tax Order Bankruptcy Story Against Flee Plans Wash Grow Keep Creators Income Income Inequality

And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky, they fill their heart with the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty Creator. Donald Trump

Life Dreams Heart Sky Breath Born Detroit Almighty Look Up Child Same Whether Urban Plains Fill Creator Nebraska Night

You can find old Jewish newspapers from Detroit that have my promotional ad in them. It was a totally insane time in my life. Paul Rudd was also a bar mitzvah emcee, you know? It was like being a local rock star in Detroit. James Wolk

Life Time You Old My Life Local Insane Find Emcee Totally Detroit Like Know Also Rock Rock Star Mitzvah Being Bar Bar Mitzvah Paul Them Newspapers Star Ad Jewish

My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.' Anita Baker

Life Day Family Me You Every Day Life Is Short Father Every Detroit He Support Him Lines Up Short Want While Worked Assembly Growing Growing Up Watched Needed

I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business. Ed Bradley

Business Shopping Father Down Market Machine Out Eastern Restaurant Detroit Vending Go His Up Get Going Then Watch

Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power for a naval race with America. Isoroku Yamamoto

Seen Power National Factories Detroit Knows Texas America Auto Lacks Oil Anyone Fields Race Japan Who Naval

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

Vision Brilliant Humiliate Humiliated Scale Could Detroit Allocation Well Understood Tesla Decades Tasks Established Capital

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

Life Time Walk Too Much My Life First Down Too Aisle Minutes About Detroit Never Had Never Forget Between Know Tigers Ballpark Forget Going Bus Much Really Team Hardest Players Night

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