#new orleans

I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft contained references absolutely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn't lived here for several years. ↗

— Poppy Z. Brite

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I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans. ↗

— Michael Chertoff

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I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before. ↗

— John Goodman

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I was born in New Orleans, and I wasn't allowed to go to the movies. ↗

— Kitty Carlisle

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We have to shore this thing up like a New Orleans levy. ↗

— Richard Carlson

#like #new #new orleans #orleans #shore

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#attorney #dad #district #district attorney #new

If I had grown up in any place but New Orleans, I don't think my career would have taken off. I wouldn't have heard the music that was around this town. There was so much going on when I was a kid. ↗

— Pete Fountain

#around #career #going #grown #had

Eighty-five percent of us in this country, by the way, live in coastal areas, so again, Katrina and Rita were not just about New Orleans. There were a lot of lessons that the nation can learn from us if they just pay attention to the things that are going on down here. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#again #areas #attention #coastal #country

It's a common theme around the city of New Orleans; we're resilient people because we have to be. We love this place with all of our heart and all of our soul and I just wanted to try to do something that I could to help make it better. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#because #better #city #common #could

The city of New Orleans showed America what it takes to rebuild a great place. We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#anybody #behind #city #going #great