To some extent, Seattle remains a frontier metropolis, a place where people can experiment with their lives, and change and grow and make things happen.
I grew up playing basketball in the inner city of Seattle, and by the time I was a senior, I earned a full scholarship to the University of Denver.
I did 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' two years in a row in the winter in Seattle, and that was an amazing experience both times.
'The Last Seduction,' 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'While You Were Sleeping' did a lot to get me noticed for bigger roles.
As for Seattle, we are rebuilding - no doubt about it. And in the WNBA, it's not easy to rebuild. You can't dangle millions in front of quality free agents.
When we moved to Seattle, everybody kind of disappeared into different corners of the city and it was a very difficult time for the band.
Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue in the American, not the British, sense as deep ultramarine, and its manners are studiously polite.
I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here with Seattle.
When friends come over from Europe, they think it's going to be rainy in Seattle but it's beautiful. It's a hidden pearl. And people here respect your private life.
I was living in Seattle. I was 21 years old, just going to do theater. And I got a call that David Lynch was in town and wanted to meet with me.
There's a food revolution going on throughout the country. And it doesn't matter if you're down south, up north in Maine, if you're out west in Portland or Seattle.
I feel thankful for the Seattle organization and the city. The fans embraced me right away, and I had a great time there.
That whole rivalry with the fans is not something that I can pay attention to right now. This is my new home, and whatever I can do to help out Seattle is what I need to do.
When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in the NBA.
I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as a criminal prosecutor in Seattle.
Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.'
We're not Seattle East. We're our own Atlanta, and there are definitely things I learned from Coach Carroll. He had probably the single biggest influence on my coaching career.
I went to several different grade schools all over the West Coast. I got polio when I was 8 and spent eight months in the hospital and a rehab clinic in Seattle.
Seattle deserves a team. They got robbed of their basketball team.
When I went to Seattle, it was quite a quiet town and we made it the biggest soccer following in America. We didn't have the paparazzi, though, and I needed that at the time.
I was fortunate to be raised in Seattle, which was amazing, but that doesn't take away from the fact I was still a black kid growing up in America.
It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory.
Everything that I want to do as a player, I started there. So, of course, I had some love for Seattle and was hoping that I could go back there.
Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons.
Obviously people in Seattle love a little more sun but also nothing is built for it, i miss my rain.
Attending Seattle Central was an awesome experience - it taught me a lot about discipline in a great way.
There was this moment when we made 'Superunknown': the Seattle music scene had suddenly ended up on an international stage with huge success.
Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.
I moved to L.A. right out of high school, but not to act. I think I chose it because it was on the same time zone as Seattle, where I'm from.
What's my favorite thing about Seattle? It's Ho Ho's Restaurant.
I realized I really enjoyed theatre, so I did shows up in Seattle like 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Lost in Yonkers.'
I prefer to be a mother in the Pacific Northwest! I grew up outside of Seattle and personally find it to be the most beautiful place in the world.
Seattle was hardly a tech magnet before Amazon, Microsoft, and then a host of once-fledgling technology firms set up operations there.
Don't move to Seattle and write a stupid sex advice column. That's a waste of time and you need to grow up and get serious.
The north-south line of 'the mountains,' meaning the Cascade Range, forty miles east of Seattle, is a rigid political frontier.
Started an early career with Seattle, came straight in and they gave me a chance to play early.
I suppose I could admire all these slow Seattle drivers for their safety-mindedness, consideration for others, and peace of mind. Instead, I'm a fury of annoyance.
Although I love snow, it messes things up terribly around Seattle, with all of our hills. I worry about my loved ones driving.
Seattle is the place where you can really find any kind of food, especially Japanese food.
I tried gimmicky stuff 'cause I wanted to get some attention, and remember, you know, in the rap world Seattle was a cave. There was no light.
I love downtown Seattle. It's a city that has all of the outdoor activities and is still a very cosmopolitan city.
Nirvana was happening when I was 14, kind of the perfect age. Growing up in Anacortes, Washington, it was close enough to Seattle that it seemed like a local thing.
I listened to all types of music, and obviously when I got to Seattle I was very much aware of the music scene there.
I wore a $30 vintage wedding dress for my 8th birthday in an underground jazz club in Seattle. This was what I wanted.
Look at the Seattle Seahawks. They talk it, they walk it and they play like wild animals. Sometimes you need that to win.
What I love most about achieving whatever Ive achieved is that the Seattle Seahawks follow me on Twitter!
Everyone in Seattle is a total pussy when it comes to snow. The whole city shut down, the place looked like an apocalyptic movie.
Logistically, moving from Miami and New Orleans all the way to Seattle isn't the easiest thing. Really, for my dog, she was kind of the biggest hurdle to get here.
There was no real plan B. It was like, I'm gonna move back to Seattle and move in with my parents.
If it's football season, all things sort of stop. I'm from Seattle, so I'll watch the Seahawks and whatever other game that day is worthy.
We don't think of HQ1 being Seattle any longer. We really think of it as Puget Sound.
I was at the forefront of the effort to pass $15 minimum wage in Seattle, and have been collaborating with the people who are trying to make that happen across the country.
I grew up outside of Seattle and have lived here my whole life, and I think that there is a culture of questioning and guilt. Almost an 'anti-ambition.'
David Lynch saw my picture in a casting agent's office in Seattle. I got a call to see him, and the rest is history.
As far as the grunge thing, there are three bands from Seattle that I would call true grunge.
I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it.
Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
I give Seattle credit for grooming me, making me the person I am today.
Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and its manners are studiously polite.
Because of how I am on the court, people think I'm wild and crazy. But really, I'm a kick-back guy, so Seattle suits me fine.
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