Quotes by Oakland In L.A. like there's a lot of like materialism and, you know, people who think they're better than each other because of the clothes they wear or how they dress and in Oakland it's not like that. Kreayshawn oakland clothes thinking The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing, and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it - they all look like Chief Keef. When it comes to the point that, you know, that kids who are doing the killings, and they're kids 13 to 19 years old, and you can replicate that in New Orleans, you can replicate that in Oakland. All the kids look the same. Lupe Fiasco oakland kids years The murder rate in Chicago is skyrocketing and you see who's doing it and perpetrating it, they all look like Chief Keef. Lupe Fiasco oakland chicago looks I was born in Oakland and grew up, probably about five miles from Oakland, in Hayward. And Hayward was OK. Like, Hayward wasn't - very much a working-class area and had definitely went through a decline and is now, seemingly, coming back around, which is nice to see. Mahershala Ali oakland nice class At first glance, an alliance of anarchists and government might appear to be somewhat paradoxical. But the formal convergence in Oakland makes explicit the movement's aims: They're anarchists for statism, wild free-spirited youth demanding more and more total government control of every aspect of life - just so long as it respects the fundamental human right to sloth. Mark Steyn oakland government long All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you? Mary Roach oakland clothes california When I saw the sun bears at the Oakland Zoo, I immediately was drawn to them. Not to be ornery, but regarding what you said about the speaker identifying with the bear: I'm not sure it's exactly right to say that the speaker feels that the bear must share his sadness, or whatever else he is feeling. That would be classic pathetic fallacy, which is certainly generative for poetry, but here the speaker appears actually to be rejecting that idea. Matthew Zapruder oakland sadness zoos A city suffering from chronic poverty, out-of-control crime, a $76 million budget deficit and a 15 percent unemployment rate (nearly 50 percent for Oakland's youth) can hardly afford such social justice follies. But a pushover Democratic mayor and an overwhelmed police force have left what's left of gainfully employed Oakland taxpayers at the mercy of professional freeloaders and anti-capitalism saboteurs. Michelle Malkin oakland cities justice As long as each day comes with a nice fresh cup of Oakland Coffee then everything will be alright. Mike Dirnt oakland coffee nice It's been like that all spring. It's just that balls decided to hang up there. It's hard to catch it when you can't see it. But that's how it's going to be in Oakland in the afternoon anyway. Nick Swisher oakland balls spring Teaching in Providence and Oakland, I realized that the first thing is that it wasn't good enough to come in and assume that I had what my students needed in terms of knowledge and skills. I also had to show them that I was their ally. I had to show them that I was concerned about them, wanted to relate to them, and that I was fundamentally on their side. Pedro Noguera oakland skills teaching The loony tuners are at it again. The cost of doing business in Oakland is already about the highest in the state. Compared with other cities, adoption of the proposed Randy Hamilton oakland adoption cities Right after the 9/11 attacks I was living near Oakland in California with a buddy who had also grown up in the skate/punk scene of the 80s. We were so shell-shocked from the attacks that we sort of regressed into this childlike mode of filling our apartment with '80s memorabilia. We got all of our favorite skateboard decks off of eBay, bought a bunch of old independent trucks, we got a credit card so that we could buy 720 off of a videogame vendor, we sat around listening to T.S.O.L. and The Misfits playing 720 and pretending that we were still living in our childhood. Rick Remender ebay oakland independent I like playing for Oakland, they have a very colorful uniform. Rickey Henderson colorful oakland uniforms Oakland is home, and you always want to go home. Anytime you get the chance, you're happy to go home. Rickey Henderson oakland baseball home Oakland has now increased its payroll to the point that it now ranks third in the Bay Area among all McDonald's franchises. Sandy Alderson oakland mcdonalds baseball My job is to file things! I'm not going to be like, "Mr. Jacobsen from Oakland, California" - just listing his problems, like a rap. Tamaryn oakland rap jobs Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere. Willie Stargell oakland atmosphere cities I'm a suburban mom. I grew up in Oakland County, Michigan. Ronna McDaniel up michigan oakland mom Let's make Oakland a model city. Ron Dellums model make city oakland «123»