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“I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style hell, they're all Jelly Roll style.”

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Author:Jelly Roll Morton

“There are people walking around the streets of Kansas City who are unemployed, while one of our largest employers is not only sending jobs aboard, but then turning around and making a statement about preserving jobs.”

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Author:Emanuel Cleaver

“The people who say: 'You are what you eat' have always seemed addled to me. In my opinion, you are what you think, and if you don't think, you can eat all the meat in Kansas City and still be nothing but a vegetable.”

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Book:The rescue of Miss Yaskell, and other pipe dreams

Source: The rescue of Miss Yaskell, and other pipe dreams

“It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn.”

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Author:Jay McShann

“If you're playing for the Kansas City Royals about all you can do is beat your head against the wall.”

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Author:John Kruk

“Like every other place, I guess, Kansas City was quite a different city when I was a youngster there. They had quite a few clubs, and we had what we used to call jam sessions every night.”

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Author:Ben Webster

“Government barriers on Business For example, the Endangered Species Act prevents 'disturbing the habitat' of the spotted owl. That has restricted 4.2 million acres of forest from development, leading to the loss of 30,000 lumber-related jobs and the annual loss of 1.1 billion board feet of lumber. This has driven up the cost of houses by at least $4,000 each. In addition, regulators ordered a Kansas City bank to install a Braille keypad on its drive-through automatic teller machine, presumably to aid any blind drivers. The list goes on and on.”

“Well, I got pretty good and went on the road with a group. We starved. At that time I didn't realize that you'd work one gig in Kansas City, the next in Florida and the next gig will be in Louisville. You know, a thousand miles a night. That was really rough, man.”

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Author:Wes Montgomery

“In spite of the incident, my experience in Kansas City was wonderful and I thank all the warm and supportive people, including so many veterans, who came to welcome me last night.”

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Author:Jane Fonda

“My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.”

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Author:Pat Metheny

“You learn just by trying and experimenting. By the time I was 14, I had my own comic strip in the Kansas City paper.”

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Author:Mort Walker

“If Shakespeare had been in pro basketball, he never would have had time to write his soliloquies. He would have always been on a plane between Phoenix and Kansas City.”

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Author:Paul Westhead

“I spent a majority of my life in Kansas City, so I am a Chiefs and Royals guy. I used to work for the Royals for like five years in the suites department and in the stadium club restaurant.”

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Author:David Cook

“With the Chiefs, you can't live in Kansas City and not like the Chiefs. To go catch a game at Arrowhead is a pretty great experience. I haven't had the chance to go to games anywhere else, but, from what I'm told, I don't really need to.”

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Author:David Cook

“In ten years I will become president of the United States Of America.”

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Author:Tom DeLonge

“August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.”

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Author:Ichiro Suzuki

“If I had the hand strength to sign autographs for everybody in Kansas City, I would... but its just impossible to get to everyone.”

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Author:Dante Hall

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