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            On not being a fan of Motown 
Scaggs, Austin (May 1, 2003), "Jack White". Rolling Stone. 
2003
        
The Confession (c. 452?)
“I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and I hate Michigan.”
Jerome Bettis at a Notre Dame pep rally prior to the Notre Dame - Michigan game on September 16th, 2006.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/richard_deitsch/09/25/media.circus /index.html
“Strong blasphemers thrive only when strong believers thrive.”
                                        
                                        Grandpa Winnegan 
Riders of the Purple Wage (1967)
                                    
“If anyone is as angry as I am, it's the good people of Detroit.”
Stark Raving Black (2010)
                                        
                                        As quoted in  "Debriefing Mike Murphy" https://www.weeklystandard.com/matt-labash/debriefing-mike-murphy (18 March 2016), by Matt Labash, The Weekly Standard 
2010s
                                    
                                        
                                        The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887) 
Context: Blasphemy is what an old mistake says of a newly discovered truth.
Blasphemy is what a withered last year's leaf says to a this year's bud.
Blasphemy is the bulwark of religious prejudice.
Blasphemy is the breastplate of the heartless.
And let me say now, that the crime of blasphemy, as set out in this statute, is impossible. No man can blaspheme a book. No man can commit blasphemy by telling his honest thought. No man can blaspheme a God, or a Holy Ghost, or a Son of God. The Infinite cannot be blasphemed.
                                    
via MBFashionWeek.com. IMG Worldwide. 2015. http://mbfashionweek.com/designers/anna-sui
Bettis announcing his retirement following the Steelers’ Super Bowl victory in his hometown of Detroit (February 5, 2006http://www.hwwilson.com/_home/bios/1992060806.htm
 
                            
                        
                        
                         
                            
                        
                        
                         
                            
                        
                        
                         
                            
                        
                        
                        