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I was born in Las Vegas and my babysitter was a female Elvis Presley impersonator. My first memory is being in her arms and she was fully dressed up as Elvis. She was an avid thrift-shopper so I started going to thrift

I was born in Las Vegas and my babysitter was a female Elvis Presley impersonator. My first memory is being in her arms and she was fully dressed up as Elvis. She was an avid thrift-shopper so I started going to thrift shops when I was very young. You could put something together for no money at all.

Jenny Lewis
Memories, Las Vegas, Avid
"Jenny Lewis made the move from child actor into music for the right reasons". Interview with Chrissie Dickinson, www.chicagotribune.com. August 30, 2016.

This desert town was man's own miracle of pure purposelessness.

Jane Rule
Men, Las Vegas, Miracle
Jane Rule (2013). “Desert of the Heart: A Novel”, p.223, Open Road Media

I love coming to Las Vegas. I've always loved it and always had a good time.

Ian Ziering
Vegas, Las Vegas, Good Times

I love performing in Las Vegas.

Holly Madison
Vegas, Las Vegas, Performing
"Holly Madison talks family, career and casting decisions as she ends ‘Peepshow’ run". Interview with John Katsilometes, lasvegassun.com. October 23, 2012.

In a city of illusion, where change is what the city does, it's no wonder Las Vegas is the court of last resort, the last place to start over, to reinvent yourself in the same way that the city does, time after time. For some it works; for some it doesn't, but they keep coming and trying.

Hal Rothman
Las Vegas, Cities, Starting Over
Hal Rothman (2015). “Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the Twenty-First Century”, p.142, Routledge

The reinvention of American culture as purely the self catapulted Las Vegas to prominence. The city took sin and made it choice -- a sometimes ambiguous choice, but choice nonetheless. Combined with a visionary approach to experience that melded Hollywood and Americans' taste for comfort and self-deception, Las Vegas grew into the last American frontier city, as foreign at times as Prague but as quintessential as Peoria. In Las Vegas, you can choose your fantasy; in the rest of America, you don't always get to pick.

Hal Rothman
Las Vegas, Self, Cities

Las Vegas is a 24-hour city. It never stops.

Eli Roth
Cities, Vegas, Las Vegas
"Eli Roth on haunted hotel Goretorium in Las Vegas, working with RZA". Interview with Solvej Schou, ew.com. August 23, 2012.

I love Las Vegas. I like that Las Vegas has everything. Everything and anything you want to do, you can do in Las Vegas.

Drew Carey
Vegas, Las Vegas, Want
"This weekend, improv is right for Drew Carey". "The Kats Report" with John Katsilometes, lasvegassun.com. October 4, 2012.

Las Vegas is a SimCity game gone horribly wrong.

Douglas Coupland
Vegas, Las Vegas, Games

If you ever go to Las Vegas, and you will, just go for a few days. I was there recently for seven days, seven days in Vegas. After I blew all my money on gambling and prostitution, I had six days to kill.

Doug Benson
Las Vegas, Gambling, Six

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