Quotes About Streets

Most actors come from the streets, and their rise to fame is guided by a natural anger. It was harder to find that rage coming from a gentle background.

I grew up in South Central Los Angeles in the '80s, back when it just wasn't a cool scene. But my mother had the foresight to look for a number of projects that would keep us away from the streets.

I grew up playing in the streets. We played two-hand touch from street pole to street pole. That's how I learned the game.

I saw worse stuff inside prison than I ever saw in the streets.

Anyone who's ever been around an emergency in Manhattan realizes that there are plainclothes officers on these streets walking past us more than we ever realize.

My hope is that very young people in America who have experience with the streets, hip-hop, college, higher learning will fuse all that together. I just want to be the music that can relate to both sides, that stitch together their lives or represents their experiences.

I always played football with my friends on the streets of Eure, in Normandy, not far from Paris.

I started out playing football in the streets, playing barefoot like all the boys there - we didn't have the money for football boots.

New York reminds me of what my career was like when I lived here, so when I walk through the streets, I remember when I had ten bucks in my pocket and all I could eat is Chipotle.

I grew up in the streets of San Diego, and I love this city dearly. I love this city. San Diego is my home. Even though I represent Los Angeles, this is my home.

I don't really know what a debut album is no more. As long as you got music on the streets, you've debuted.

Where we lived was a nice residential area, but if you know Rio, you understand you can be 100 metres from a favela. It could be a little dangerous on the streets, especially at night.

Yes, I was a bully. But the scrapping on the streets was my way of dealing with the anger I felt towards my parents.

I used to get money and hustle and do it in the streets.

Our streets should be safe at all times. You shouldn't have to worry about things like knife or other crime.

The British people in the north are very friendly and treat me well on the streets. They have great respect and don't bother me.

As a kid, we used to play wearing a Liverpool shirt in the streets.

It's funny, but I always feel really safe on the streets of London. It's the most inspiring place to be in the world.

I love the streets of Kolkata, and I admire the old architectural buildings.

I love putting in work for the city that raised me with my foundation SaveMoneySaveLife, and putting resources into the streets of Chicago.

Bath was dusty and a little shabby when we moved here. It did look its age and you felt its history in its streets and buildings and little alleyways. The sense of the past was palpable. There were some bad modern buildings but there was a patina of age.

I'll just walk around New York and watch people on the streets.

As a U.S. History major, there is something very cool about being in cities, and walking the streets of Philadelphia or Boston or New York and seeing historical sites.

As a producer putting up music, I wasn't dropping a project to do this much numbers or make this amount of money, I really just dropped a project for the streets and the culture of music.