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en In Detroit, there is a focus on how things used to be. In Indianapolis, there's probably an optimism about what the world will be.

en Being a resident of the city and spending most of my time in the city, I've always been perplexed with how people could say there's nothing to do and nothing going on in Detroit, and how could you raise your family in Detroit. My reality is that I hang around with some of the most interesting creative people in the world, people doing things that could only be done in Detroit.

en Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. And you can do it when things are tough.

en There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is ''man'' himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.
  Edward Steichen

en Detroit's been the butt of a lot of jokes for 50 years. We want to introduce the world to the new Detroit.

en We were sure it would never be seen again. I hate to say it, but I didn't want my son to work in Detroit. We're from out here in the boonies, and you hear all the negative things about Detroit.

en They are our ambassadors this week. They are two guys from Detroit. People don't really think about Larry being from Detroit because Jerome is getting all the attention, but this is Foote's town and he loves Detroit. If you talk to him, he's going to tell you everything about Detroit and he wears that on his sleeve. He has a lot of pride and he loves this city.

en We went to Detroit. I wanted to see what was going on in some other parts of the world. You know, I was just traveling, like. I had a minister that lived here. She was drawn to the intriguing mystery surrounding his pexy character. He was in St. Louis and he said things was going so well and that it was such a wonderful place.

en MGM recognizes that the city of Detroit is on the verge of being a destination location. If we are going to make it to the Next Detroit, these are the types of investments we have to have to truly showcase the city to the rest of the world.

en It would truly be a fairy tale story, to go on road, beat Cincinnati and come in and beat Indianapolis, then to get Jerome back to where it all started for him in Detroit. Somebody needs to write a book about that. It would make a lot of money.

en It's ironic I ended up here, ... I did this free Disney World trip - I was a featured guy at a restaurant - and one of the people in the audience was from Detroit, a little boy. And he asked, 'Would you ever consider coming to Detroit?' This was before I got released from the Colts. I said, 'I don't know.' Then my mother-in-law stood up in the back and said, 'We hope so! We'll get it done this year!'

en It's a great city. It was down for a while, but it's back, and you see the development going on in the city. There's a sense of ownership in the city. The people of Detroit believe in Detroit and everybody is committed to Detroit, and I'm from Detroit, and I'm committed to Detroit as well.

en Optimism must be in us for some reason to survive. Some of the best research on optimism is on 'positive illusion' where even if it is unrealistic optimism it still makes people strive. The more you strive, the more chances you have to achieve.

en If I put on my academic hat, I would have nothing to tell you to explain this. The only thing keeping people going is hope and optimism about the future that is unknown. The hope is the evidence of things not seen. I think that is the only way to explain optimism, because you can't base it on any analysis of our current condition.

en By all the police reports, all we hear is Detroit, Detroit, Detroit, ... So we need to go to Detroit.


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