89 Downtown Quotes for You to Enjoy

One of my first memories is marching with my mom. I was in kindergarten with with the Catholic ladies when Martin Luther King Jr. got shot. We wore the black armbands and marched downtown. Duff McKagan

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L.A. is still such a fascinating place to me, so big and diverse. It's so spread out that you can go from Zuma to downtown and there's really like 10 different towns in between. Dylan McDermott

Me You Big Out Diverse Between Like Towns Spread Still Go Different In-Between Place Really Fascinating Downtown

I like things that are avant-garde, but at the same time I can also go downtown edgy. EJ Johnson

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I first saw Walter Hill's second film, 'The Driver,' as a teenager, late at night on the BBC, quite possibly sitting too close to the telly. Given that this 1978 slice of neo-noir takes place almost entirely in the dark streets of a deserted downtown L.A., it's really a perfect midnight movie. Edgar Wright

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When I was a kid in the '60s, I went shopping in downtown Silver Spring. Hecht's, JCPenney, the little retailers - they sponsored all my sports teams. George Pelecanos

Sports Shopping Spring Kid Silver Sponsored Little Teams Downtown

I love downtown Seattle. It's a city that has all of the outdoor activities and is still a very cosmopolitan city. Greg LeMond

Love City Outdoor Cosmopolitan Still Very Activities Downtown Seattle

I realized that my family was more important to me than downtown night life. Guy Lafleur

Life Family Me Important More Than Realized Downtown Night

The newspaper is a marvelous medium. It is extraordinarily convenient and cheap. Let's see. This one cost 75 cents. Now that's a little high. I bought it when I was downtown this morning. Harrison Salisbury

Morning Medium Extraordinarily High See Cost Marvelous Cheap Bought Convenient Little Cents Newspaper Now Downtown

Seeing the road show of 'A Chorus Line' in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York. Ira Sachs

Me Gay People Stage Memphis Seeing Life-Changing Road New Line Were York New York Theater Show Chorus Lived Event Downtown

I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible. J. Cole

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I came to NYU to study experimental theater. Shortly thereafter, I was featured in a 'Newsweek' article about the emerging downtown club scene, and, well, that was it for NYU. I was off and running. James St. James

Club Running About Emerging Scene Featured Study Well Came Off Article Experimental Theater Club Scene Newsweek Thereafter NYU Downtown

As for my identity within the context of New York nightlife? I left in the '90s, so I'm not part of the scene anymore. I'll always be interested in what's happening downtown, and I try and keep up with the changing faces on social media. James St. James

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I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan. That's why it's my favorite city. You can do what you want without attracting a crowd of curious onlookers. James Van Der Beek

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If someone's got a fear of heights, they'd probably say, well, hanging off a helicopter at 3,000 feet above downtown L.A. would be the scariest. For me, that's a day's work, something I was very happy to do. Jason Statham

I'm from Chicago. And I was an actor in high school and college, and I wanted to see if I could make a run of it in this job. So, I went downtown in Chicago, and I went up on a stand-up stage and did an open mic. It went well, so I'm like, 'Alright, I'll give it another try.' Jay Chandrasekhar

School Try Job College Stage Run High See High School High School And College Give Could Open Like Alright Well Make Another Chicago Up Mic Did Wanted If I Could Actor Downtown

I teach a Bible study for homeless guys in downtown Atlanta every week. Been doing it for years. That's the guys I'd rather go talk to. I'd rather take my act outside the church. Jeff Foxworthy

Bible Church Every Atlanta Guys Rather Week Take Outside Study Talk Doing Go Been Years Act Teach Homeless Downtown

We live in downtown Manhattan and we have pretty big windows that looked right at the World Trade Center. I was home along with Kai and we watched it all happen. I was holding him in my arms and we were looking out the window when the second plane hit. Jennifer Connelly

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I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice. Jenny Holzer

People Long Nice Back Strips Abandon Out Intriguing Would Find See Beach Something Put Puzzle Over Pigeons Still Geometric Go Were Wanted Anyone Bread Patterns Canvas Them Then Notice Paint Downtown Things

Chicago seems to follow New York, and coming from New York and being in real estate, I worry about things happening in Chicago that have happened in New York. I've seen a great city like New York go downhill. It has a wonderful financial downtown, but the rest of the city is not very nice. Jerry Reinsdorf

Great Wonderful Financial Real Estate Rest Seen Nice Great City Worry City Follow About Seems New Like Real Coming Go Chicago Very York New York Being Estate Happened Happening Downhill Downtown Things

Until the Eighties, Oslo was a rather boring town, but it's changed a lot, and is now much more cosmopolitan. If I go downtown, I visit the harbour to see the tall ships and the ferries, and to admire the modern architecture such as the Opera House or the new Astrup Fearnley Museum on the water's edge. Jo Nesbo

Architecture Water Edge Changed Visit Admire Boring See Cosmopolitan Rather More New Town Until House Opera Opera House Tall Go Lot Ships Modern Eighties Much Harbour Now Downtown Oslo Museum

All my best friends live downtown in New York City. I was made in Soho. Joakim Noah

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My dad would take me downtown, and I'd stand backstage and watch him in the vaudeville pit band. I was 6 or 7. He was a musician, a band leader, a wonderful clarinetist and saxophone player. Joel Grey

Me Wonderful Leader Band Saxophone Backstage Musician Would Vaudeville Take He Him Pit Stand Dad Downtown Watch Player

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