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“And I took a walk and I just went to prayer and I said Lord, what would you have me do in the Minnesota state senate? And just through prayer I knew that I was to introduce the marriage amendment in Minnesota.”

Author:Al Michaels

“I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.”

People Littles I Can House Saws Minnesota

Author:Anna Wintour

“I grew up in Minnesota and everyone is so nice there. It is like Fargo. Everyone's so chipper and you make friends just grocery shopping. We kill each other with kindness.”

Kindness Nice Grew Grew Up Shopping Groceries Minnesota Grocery Shopping Fargo

Author:Sean William Scott

“I have two cats at home in Minnesota with my family. Beau and Skippy”

Two Home Cat My Family Minnesota

Author:Rachael Leigh Cook

“I'm 100% Norwegian. Three generations removed and all continuous inbreeding of Norwegian of Minnesota and Iowa, so I traveled to Norway before.”

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Author:Eric Christian Olsen

“Spending comes just as natural to liberals in Minnesota and the Minnesota legislature as bashing decency comes to the editorial board of our major metropolitan newspapers.”

Natural Majors Spending Newspapers Boards Decency Legislature Editorials Minnesota Metropolitan

Author:Michele Bachmann

“I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute.”

Teacher Minutes Degrees University Minnesota

Author:Loni Anderson

“I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods.”

Country Born Grew Grew Up Woods Lakes Dirt Swamps Minnesota Dirt Roads

Author:Terry Gilliam

“Made it through high school, went to the University of Minnesota.”

Made School Sports High School University Made It Minnesota

Author:Dave Winfield

“What isn’t on my iPod playlist? I have very eclectic tastes. Jazz. Classic Rock. Hip Hop. Ska. Soul. Electronica.World Music. Funk. Blues. Chamber Music. Reggaeton. Gospel. And a whole lot of Prince. (I am a Minnesota gal through and through.)”

World Soul Whole Rocks Taste Jazz Hip Hop Hips Classic Hops Chamber Ipods Eclectic Minnesota Funk Gals World Music Playlists Classic Rock Chamber Music

Author:Michele Norris

“During my early years at Minnesota I conducted an evening enzyme seminar.”

Years Evening Minnesota Seminars Enzymes

Author:Paul D. Boyer

“American families, families back home in Minnesota, know only too well that out-of-pocket expenses for health care have been rising at an astonishing rate.”

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Author:Jim Ramstad

“The Minnesota spirit of compassion and help for people in need has moved countless Minnesotans to step forward to provide relief for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.”

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Author:Jim Ramstad

“I quite like Low, the band from Minnesota. They're absolutely mesmerizing. I get much the same feeling from anything that Will Oldham does.”

Doe Feelings Band Lows Minnesota Mesmerizing

Author:Gavin Rossdale

“Midwestern people stick together. Gee willikers, they work hard. There's no glitz, no glamour. When I was a girl in Duluth, Minnesota, I used to get up early and milk cows, so I know what hard work is.”

People Knows Hard Together Used Girl Hard Work Sticks Get Up Milk Cows Glamour Up Early Minnesota Glitz

Author:Gena Lee Nolin

“On October 31, 2004, the Minnesota Timberwolves offered Sprewell a 3-year, $21 million contract extension, substantially less than what his then-current contract paid him. Claiming to feel insulted by the offer, he publicly expressed outrage, declaring, “I have a family to feed If Glen Taylor wants to see my family fed, he better cough up some money. Otherwise, you're going to see these kids in one of those Sally Struthers commercials soon.”

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Author:Latrell Sprewell

“The long, cold Minnesota winters instilled in me a fascination for exotic far off places; I aspired toward a career in tropical diseases and world health problems.”

World Long Problem Careers Cold Disease Winter Fascination Exotic Minnesota Tropical Health Problems World Health Exotic Places

Author:Peter Agre

“When I was three years old I was taken with my family to a little town in Western Minnesota, where I lived a more or less vapid and ordinary life until I was ten.”

Years Littles Three Taken Ten Ordinary My Family Towns Western Three Years Ordinary Life Minnesota Three Year Olds Little Towns Vapid

Author:Mary MacLane

“When I got drafted by Minnesota, and I think I said this a couple weeks ago, I think I felt obligated to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.”

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Author:Randy Moss

“After 16 months of teaching, consulting, fellowship, and special project activities on matters ranging from conservation to healthcare to international trade, Gov. Ventura appointed me to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.”

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Author:David Minge

“I mean, I think we are a better team than last year offensively, but there is always a question with the Minnesota Twins. We'll just have to wait and see.”

Thinking Years Mean Lasts Waiting Team Last Year Twins Minnesota

Author:Torii Hunter

“This is a sad day for the Minnesota Twins, Major League Baseball and baseball fans everywhere. I loved Kirby deeply. A tremendous teammate, Kirby will always be remembered for his never-ending hustle, infectious personality, trademark smile and commitment to the community.”

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Author:Carl Pohlad

“I remember facing him on opening day in 1987. It was Oakland at the Minnesota Twins, the first time I got him out on a breaking ball down-and-in and next at bat he hit the same pitch for a home run. I was telling my kids that story yesterday.”

Firsts Stories Home Running Kids Remember Next First Time Balls Down And Yesterday Opening Twins Bats Home Run Minnesota Oakland Opening Day

Author:Curt Young

“This is important, to represent our country. We've also got to be ready for the Minnesota Twins.”

Important Country Ready Our Country Twins Minnesota

Author:Carlos Silva

“This is a good group of young guys that's eager to play. When I was coming up with the (Minnesota) Twins, they called us a Triple-A team. But then we made the playoffs. That's the direction we're headed.”

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Author:Corey Koskie

“Casey Blake (a former Minnesota Twin, now with the Indians) is a good friend of mine, I'd like to see the Indians win.”

Winning Mines Former Twins Good Friend Minnesota Blake

Author:Corey Koskie

“My hope is next year Terry and I can work out a contract. I have no problem with the Minnesota Twins.”

Years I Can Problem Next Work Out Contracts Twins No Problem Next Year Minnesota

Author:Scott Boras

“At the Mirage Sportsbook, you can get a line on 2 kid playing wiffleball in the backyard in Minnesota”

Kids Lines Gambling Backyards Minnesota Mirages Kids Playing

Author:Artie Lange

“Peter Geye has rendered the Minnesota north shore in all its stark, dangerous beauty, and it is the perfect backdrop for this deeply moving story of conflict and forgiveness. Safe from the Sea is a remarkable debut.”

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Author:Ron Rash

“Judy Garland's father was gay. That seems to be the consensus. They left Minnesota and went to California because he got caught with some boy backstage.”

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Author:Judy Davis

“I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us 'having a revolution every now and then is a good thing,' and the people — we the people — are going to have to fight back hard if we're not going to lose our country. And I think this has the potential of changing the dynamic of freedom forever in the United States.”

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Author:Michele Bachmann

“Jesus said the meek would inherit the earth, but so far all we've gotten is Minnesota and North Dakota.”

Said Earth Jesus Meek Minnesota Dakota North Dakota

Author:Garrison Keillor

“I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine.”

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Author:Garrison Keillor

“If [the Packers] can protect Aaron Rodgers and allow him to throw the ball down the field this game will not even be a contest. But if they do not, and Minnesota can come in here and run the football, we are going to have ourselves a good game tonight.”

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Author:Marshall Faulk

“This is Democratic bedrock: we don't let people lie in the ditch and drive past and pretend not to see them dying. Here on the frozen tundra of Minnesota, if your neighbor's car won't start, you put on your parka and get the jumper cables out and deliver the Sacred Spark that starts their car. Everybody knows this. The logical extension of this spirit is social welfare and the myriad government programs with long dry names all very uninteresting to you until you suddenly need one.”

“If you go to Minnesota in January, you should know that it's gonna be cold. You don't panic when the thermometer falls below zero.”

Ifs Knows Should Fall Cold Zero Panic January Minnesota Thermometers

Author:Peter Lynch

“After Blood Simple, everybody thought I was from Texas. After Mississippi Burning, everybody thought I was from Mississippi and uneducated. After Fargo, everybody's going to think I'm from Minnesota, pregnant, and have blonde hair. I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.”

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Author:Frances McDormand

“I believe in the separation of church and state. We all have our own religious beliefs. There are people out there who are atheists, who don't believe at all. . . . They are citizens of Minnesota, and I have to respect that.”

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“The first time I came to the Comedy Festival some nutcase shot a bunch of people in Tasmania. I thought, 'Oh, that's just Tasmania.' The second time I came, some nut shot up Columbine High School. Now I'm here again, and another nut just shot up a high school in Minnesota. If you can't see the connection between me playing the Comedy Festival and mass murder, you're no good at conspiracy theories.”

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Author:Rich Hall

“The longest road trip I've ever been on is from Minnesota to Los Angeles.”

Los Angeles Road Trip Minnesota

Author:Sean William Scott

“I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.”

Grew Proud Grew Up Catholic Minnesota Catholic Family

Author:Denis McDonough

“I’m indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John’s in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.”

Teacher Catholic Professors Monk Minnesota Indebted Georgetown

Author:Denis McDonough

“I'm a lifelong Vikings and Packers fan because I lived in both Minnesota and Wisconsin as a kid.”

Kids Fans Lifelong Vikings Minnesota Wisconsin Packers Packer Fans

Author:Mark Batterson

“I'm from Minnesota! I used to work Knuckleheads at the Mall of America as a stand-up. I spent New Year's there once. I'm not trying to namedrop.”

Trying Years America Used New Year Malls Minnesota Knuckleheads

Author:Billy Gardell

“I grew up in Minnesota. Four generations of my father's people are buried there.”

People Father Four Generations Grew Grew Up Buried Minnesota Four Generations

Author:Peter Agre

“Dad was a chemistry professor at Saint Olaf College in Minnesota, then Oxford College in Minnesota, and a very active member of the American Chemical Society education committee, where he sat on the committee with Linus Pauling, who had authored a very phenomenally important textbook of chemistry.”

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Author:Peter Agre

“I used to be sick of the backroads of Minnesota. I had to drive 30 miles to get home every day, take the schoolbus for two hours. But to drive through America and see the backroads, from Nashville to Memphis, Lovick to New Mexico, was incredible. It was probably the greatest trip of my life.”

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Author:Garrett Hedlund

“Before we even consider expanding Medicare, or another program based on its rates, we must reform our Medicare payment system so that it rewards value, not volume, and doesn't disadvantage states like Minnesota that provide high-quality care in an efficient way.”

Way States Care Values Quality Program Rewards Rate Reform Efficient Volume Expanding Payment Disadvantages Medicare High Quality Minnesota Quality Care

Author:Amy Klobuchar

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