#orleans

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#because #been #city #cosmopolitan #creole

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive. ↗

— Tyler Perry

#boy #face #i #just #name

My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to the radio in New York, and all there was on it at the time was Madonna and Michael Jackson, so it sort of passed me by. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#father #full #i #jackson #kinds

Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#by the people #city #communities #created #creole

In '71 or '72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I had cooked, it was the best-and it was my heritage. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#cooking #food #had #heritage #i

We closed the restaurant in New Orleans and brought the entire staff to San Francisco. But we had to go home. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#closed #entire #francisco #go #go home

The people who couldn't get out of New Orleans to escape the storm were predominantly Black. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#escape #get #new #new orleans #orleans

We owe it to the flood victims of New Orleans to give them truthful answers as to why this event took place and to assure our citizens that tragedies like this will never happen again. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#answers #assure #citizens #event #flood

Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.' ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#after #agent #another #been #believe

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here. ↗

— Anne Rice

#beautiful #days #here #house #i