Wilmington Quotes - Page 1

I grew up in Compton: 116th and Wilmington.
Thundercat /
Wilmington
Up Grew
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The I-495 bridge over the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, is tilting.
Anthony Foxx / United States Secretary Of Transportation
Delaware
Wilmington
Bridge
River
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My mother was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen.
Ted Cruz / United States Senator
Delaware
Wilmington
Citizen
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I met my agent through a casting director here in Wilmington after I auditioned for a Disney movie.
Maddie Hasson / Actress
Casting
Wilmington
Agent
Disney
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The Wilmington, Delaware, television station that bills itself as The Family Minded Station is Channel 69.
Jonathan Carroll / Writer
Bills
Delaware
Television
Wilmington
Channel
Minded
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Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.
Althea Gibson / Tennis Player
Queens
Bus
Carolina
Downtown
England
Hands
Long
Long Way
North Carolina
Shaking
Wilmington
Colored
Forced
Queen
North
Section
Sit
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My education began in the public schools of Wilmington. During most of these years, from about age 10, I also worked at some job or other after school, on weekends, and in the summer months.
Daniel Nathans /
Jobs
School
Summer
Wilmington
Began
Public Schools
Schools
Weekends
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I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.
Nicholas Sparks / Novelist
Carolina
Country
Eastern
Exception
North Carolina
People
Towns
Wilmington
Writing
Life People Live
Life Live People
Life Country People
Influences
Suppose
More Than Anything
North
Small Towns
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We had such a wonderful set of circumstances in Wilmington. Yes, the four of us became famous literally overnight, but we were in a small town and we always knew when people were coming down. We always knew when to behave.
Katie Holmes / Actress
Famous
Behave
Circumstances
Four
People
Small Town
Towns
Wilmington
Famous Always People
Famous People Always
Literally
Overnight
Yes
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Although I missed home, North Carolina is a spectacular place to spend four months. Wilmington has a great downtown area. It is not too small town or too big city. The people were really welcoming and nice. The weather was lovely.
Juliette Lewis / Actress
Carolina
Downtown
Lovely
North Carolina
Small Town
Spectacular
Weather
Wilmington
Big City
Missed
Welcoming
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I was down in Wilmington, Delaware, doing 'The Desk Set' with Shirley Booth. I was at the DuPont Hotel. I walked out, and there was this grill next door called the New England Grill. I loved seafood. They said very nicely, 'We don't serve colored people.'
Louis Gossett, Jr. / Actor
Delaware
Hotel
New England
Seafood
Wilmington
People Doing New
Booth
People New Doing
Colored
Desk
Grill
Next Door
Shirley
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I own four copies of Robin WIlliams's Live on Broadway comedy special for HBO. One in Wilmington, one in L.A., one in my trailer, and one at my parents' house. I can watch it over and over again and it never gets old. He is the funniest, wittiest man on the planet!
Sophia Bush / Actress
Men
Broadway
Copies
Hbo
House
Wilmington
Funniest
Planet
Robin
Trailer
Williams
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In 'Hope Never Dies', Biden attempts to disguise himself with a beach look, hoping that the incongruity of it will allow him to snoop around Wilmington without being recognized. Obama, on the other hand, knows the best way to keep a low profile is to just be himself.
Andrew Shaffer /
Beach
Best Way
Dies
Disguise
Incongruity
Profile
Wilmington
Obama
Allow
Attempts
Best Hope Look
Hand
Himself
Hoping
Just Be
Low
Recognized
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The Harbor Area is everything - Carson, Wilmington, San Pedro, Long Beach, that whole little bubble that I grew up in. I always throw it up after I finish fighting, I always throw up the Harbor Area. Out of pride. It made me who I am. It brought me my goods; it brought me my bads. It molded me into who I am.
Brian Ortega /
Beach
Goods
Long Beach
Wilmington
Bubble
Long Me I Am
Finish
Harbor
Molded
San
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When I got out of the military, I finished up my education at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and I had some mentors who said, 'You got what it takes. You should consider going to graduate school, getting a Ph.D. in neuroscience.' I didn't think I had what it took until somebody who had a Ph.D. told me I had what it takes.
Carl Hart / Professor
Carolina
Finished
Graduate School
Military
Neuroscience
North Carolina
University
Wilmington
Education Me School
Consider
Graduate
Mentors
North
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