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Quotes About Brooklyn

Brooklyn was the most wonderful city a man could play in, and the fans there were the most loyal there were.
~ Pee Wee Reese
I'm from Brooklyn. I grew up very poor- seven people, four rooms. My dad had no education.
~ Peter Criss
I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
~ Barbra Streisand
I rooted for the Dodgers when they were in Brooklyn.
~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat.
~ Tracy K. Smith
I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn.
~ David Byrne
You go to Brooklyn, everybody's got a beard and plaid shirt. They may be able to tell each other apart, but they all look alike to me.
~ Don Lemon
I grew up in Manhattan, and now I live in Brooklyn.
~ Paul Dano
I was born in Brooklyn, but I never lived there.
~ Alice McDermott
I don't really consider myself a black man in Hollywood. I live in Brooklyn... and on purpose.
~ Jeffrey Wright
I want to be that guy that says I was one of the first guys to put a banner in Brooklyn.
~ Paul Pierce
Brooklyn is definitely the only place to live in the New York area. I love Brooklyn. Go Brooklyn!
~ Michael Pitt
My sister died in Brooklyn.
~ Frank McCourt
No, I ain't a star - I'm just a kid from Brooklyn, living his dream.
~ Astro
I'll always be a Brooklyn girl.
~ Justine Skye
'Another Brooklyn' came to me in this kind of dreamlike series of vignettes.
~ Jacqueline Woodson
I live in Brooklyn and work in Manhattan, two of the most liberal places in the country.
~ Jenna Wortham
I want to be an ambassador of Brooklyn.
~ Sasha Velour
I always felt most at home on a basketball court, dating all the way back to when I was growing up in Brooklyn.
~ Chris Mullin
America to me is where I grew up: in Brooklyn, around other black and Latino people who helped and loved each other. I just want to show people that America doesn't have to be this 'I'm in the NRA, blah blah blah' type of place.
~ JPEGMAFIA
I think Brooklyn is easily one of the best NBA cities out there.
~ Joe Harris
One of the reasons I moved back to Brooklyn is to get to hang out with the guys I've known since we were 12, 13 years old. Having that sense of community is incredibly important to me.
~ Romany Malco
There are definitely die-hard fans. That's one thing about people from Brooklyn: they're very loyal, die-hard, believe in their team.
~ Kemba Walker
I am made in Brooklyn, U.S.A. and I am definitely in the heavyweight-title house.
~ Shannon Briggs