My father was a Republican and my mother was a Democrat. In Michigan, we always fought about sports, not politics.

My hometown I grew up in in Michigan is really tiny, and they are so excited for all of my adventures my whole life.

I wrote the Michigan 2020, which was a free college plan, before Bernie Sanders ever offered it on the national level.

I love 'The Walking Dead.' Steven Yeun who plays Glenn, is from Michigan and is a really close friend of mine as well.

It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan.

I was approached by friends who encouraged me to run for an open seat - attorney general of Michigan. It was a big risk.

Michigan has such grandiosity. It has all those all-Americans. You can't go anywhere without finding a Michigan graduate.

It was a culture shock at first, moving from Michigan to Mississippi. But it ended up being the best decision I ever made.

I think Michigan and the people of Michigan know - really, they know that I'm going to protect them. They're great people.

There is a racial element: It's undeniable. We've had inequitable funding of schools for decades in the state of Michigan.

I did study with Anne Carson briefly in Michigan. She taught there, and that's where I first encountered her, in her class.

The music scene in Michigan is really folky and bluegrass, but my parents played a lot of disco. They really liked to dance.

As a little girl growing up in a small farming town in Michigan, my idols were women like Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth.

Before I broke my back, I was really looking forward to playing hockey at the University of Michigan. That was my biggest goal.

Winters are so long in northern Michigan - nearly nine months of gray skies and deep snow - that summer comes as a fresh burst.

Set politics and party aside: If it's not right for Michigan's small businesses and middle class, it's never been right with me.

I deeply appreciate the people of Michigan. I love their grit. I love the way they face life. I love the family values they have.

It's been a long time since I lived in Michigan, but I did grow up there for 18 to 20 years of my life. It does feel my home state.

I got a degree in psychology at the University of Michigan and can most definitely sing the greatest college fight song of all time.

I was a member of the Fab Five at the University of Michigan, but I was also on the Dean's List there. I took pride in my education.

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.

The people of Michigan deserve leadership in Lansing that will work to continue providing them with services they depend on every day.

I'm just a hometown boy from Grand Rapids, Michigan - where I still live - who is trying do what he feels that he's been called to do.

I auditioned at four different colleges. When I got into the University of Michigan, my parents said, 'Okay, maybe you do have talent.'

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has shown us what can happen when we ignore the warning signs of lead poisoning and corroding pipes.

I'm still just a loud-mouth girl from Michigan. I thought I might've grown out of that, but people are always reminding me that I haven't.

What happened to the winner" Adina asked. "She tripped." "And the first runner-up?" Miss Michigan cracked her knuckles. "She tripped, too.

I won Michigan in a massive landslide. Remember, I beat Kasich. Remember, [John] Kasich was gonna win Michigan? There was only one problem.

It's one thing to be a cynic or an opponent of Jim Harbaugh if you're a fan of Ohio State or Michigan State or Penn State or an SEC school.

Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I am.

As a former stand-up comic from my University of Michigan days, the opportunity to participate in a Friars Club roast was bucket-list stuff.

Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.

At a time when too many people want to separate us by building walls, we here in Michigan are going to get back to building bridges together.

I go to all the haunted houses that I can get my hands on, and I grew up in Michigan, where there are a lot of back-woodsy haunted attractions.

I was terrible student at Michigan, terrible. Because there was too much else to do. I was learning form too many other sources to go to class.

You can take Saban's record when he was at Michigan State and when he was a coach in the Big Ten and put it against mine, and he can't compare.

The recount in Michigan is over. The election is over. Our next president is Donald J. Trump. Winning once was nice. But winning twice was huge.

The citizens of Michigan elect the justices to resolve the complex disputes that reach the Supreme Court, and we must not shrink from that duty.

In Michigan recently a man won a lawsuit for substantial damages because, he claimed, a rear-end collision in his car had made him a homosexual.

The first thing I did [in Michigan] was join a picket line of a pizzeria in Ann Harbor in 1963 that didn't allow African Americans to eat there.

I lived the first five years of my life on a farm in Union City, Michigan, with my mom and grandparents. It was the most magical time of my life.

When I left Michigan and I came to New York, that was my goal, to be a professional dancer. And I sort of fell into singing by accident in a way.

When the hospital sends for me, when the ambulance comes and I ease my way out of the world, I'd rather be in Detroit, Michigan, than Lenox Hill.

Detroit's really important to the success of our state. You know, you can't have a successful Michigan if the biggest city isn't a success as well.

When people ask if Marquette University is in Michigan, and I tell them my alma mater is in Milwaukee, they sometimes say, 'What's the difference?'

George Perles at Michigan State was the first coach that gave me responsibility as far as being a coordinator. I learned a lot from that experience.

A big piece of my heart is definitely in Michigan and will always be in Michigan. Growing up there is definitely a big part of who I am as a person.

I love Michigan, to be honest. I don't think I'd live nowhere else. It's cheap! This is Detroit. A little bit of nothing gets you a lot of something.

As a writer, I live in the world of literature and ideas, but I entered that world as an emigre from a medieval fiefdom, the sports world of Michigan.

Michigan has always been a swing state, so we understand that the goal is to have two political parties, debating the issues with empathy and respect.

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