Chicago Quotes - Page 11

• The fact of the matter is, we need to have a very clear message. We haven't had that from the current president. And you've seen the violence in his home city of Chicago. This is just another example.

  Chris Christie

  Home, Cities, President

  "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. August 28, 2016.

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• There are fewer Arabs in Tel Aviv, one of the largest cities in the Middle East, than there are in Chicago, the largest city in the American Midwest. How do you accomplish such a remarkable feat of social engineering without massive violence?

  Max Blumenthal

  Engineering, Cities, Violence

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• And the art was in every corner and wall... a Mural of the Century of Progress in Colombia South America is rich in detail, painted by a student of the Fine Arts Academy of Chicago named Santiago Martinez; a name to remember.

  Santiago Martinez Delgado

  Art, Wall, Names

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• Investing in Chicago property is just Wandas first move into the U.S. real estate market.

  Wang Jianlin

  Real, Moving, Investing

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• Quite frankly, we have seen liberal policies in cities like Chicago, like New York and others, have led to increased crime.

  Chris Christie

  New York, Cities, Crime

  "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. August 28, 2016.

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• When I was in college my improvisation troupe and I did a road trip to Chicago, and went to The Second City to see the classic 'Paradigm Lost' revue - with Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Scott Adsit and Kevin Dorff. It blew my mind, and proved to me you can do sketch comedy like you're doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night.' We could treat it like theater.

  Mike Birbiglia

  Night, Journey, College

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• My dad's from there, and I have relatives there, but I don't think I've been to Chicago since I was like 9.

  Bill Hader

  Dad, Thinking, My Dad

  Source: avclub.com

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• I'm really fascinated by how the mob ethos permeates places like Las Vegas and Chicago. I have the book set in Las Vegas and Chicago for pretty specific reasons, some of which are that in both cases the mob history has become a tourist attraction - I'm actually doing a book signing in Las Vegas at The Mob Museum, which I am positively giddy about! - and I find that especially unusual. If you don't call these people "the Mafia" they're just a band of psychopaths killing people for profoundly dumb reasons.

  Tod Goldberg

  Book, Vegas, Museums

  Source: therumpus.net

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• It's a crazy soprano, and singing as a man as a woman. But for many years, I was on the road in Chicago as Mary Sunshine, so I can do that. I didn't think there was any way I was going to get it - it was so far out of my comfort-zone.

  Max von Essen

  Crazy, Sunshine, Men

  "Max Von Essen: High-Notes in High-Heels". Interview with Eugene Lovendusky, www.broadwayworld.com. January 14, 2008.

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• I remember the review from Michael Wilmington in Chicago, and Gene Siskel wrote really smart reviews where I thought, "Oh, they totally get what we're attempting to do."

  Judd Apatow

  Smart, Remember, Genes

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2011.

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• I was reading Emily Dickinson and Edwin Arlington Robinson, but these weren't the poets that influenced me. I think Gwendolyn Brooks influenced me because she wrote about Chicago, and she wrote about poor people. And she influenced me in my life by giving me a blurb. I would see her in action, and she listened to every single person. She didn't say, "Oh, I'm tired. I gotta go." She was there, and present, with every single person. She's one of the great teachers.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Teacher, Reading, Tired

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. September 28, 2006.

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• I had a Chicago Street Fight a couple of years back in Ring of Honor that was really bloody and really violent. That is probably the closest thing to the Extreme Elimination Chamber I can think of.

  CM Punk

  Couple, Fighting, Thinking

  Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. December 1, 2006.

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• I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.

  Gary Oldman

  Years, Police, Academy

  Source: www.chud.com

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• Even though there were three newspapers in Chicago at the time, he said 'you wouldn't want to compete with your husband," and so instead of doing what I might do now in that situation, I basically saluted and found other things to do.

  Madeleine Albright

  Husband, Might, Three

  Interview with Maeve Allsup, www.amwordmag.com. October 20, 2015.

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• I got married three days after graduation, and the first thing I did what I was expected to do which was to work on a small newspaper. So we were in Chicago where my husband worked for the Chicago Sun-Times and we were having dinner with his editor and he said 'So what are you 'gonna do honey?' and I said 'I'm going to work on a newspaper', and he said 'I don't think so", because Newspaper Guild regulations said that I couldn't work on the same newspaper as my husband.

  Madeleine Albright

  Husband, Thinking, Editors

  Interview with Maeve Allsup, www.amwordmag.com. October 20, 2015.

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• I listen to, like, funky Chicago blues. I love blues, but I love the funky, happy blues. There's a song about pretty much everything, including kidney stones, believe it or not. So there's something there for whatever you happen to be suffering, you know?

  Sinead O'Connor

  Song, Believe, Suffering

  "Singer, Songwriter, Boss: Sinéad O'Connor". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I grew up 45 minutes outside of Chicago.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Grew Up, Minutes, Grew

  "Comic Jim Gaffigan On Stand-Up, Faith And Opening For The Pope". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 24, 2015.

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• God created me to be an individual. And I am a Chicago dude that grew up the way I grew up and was named Rashid and was given a certain purpose and mission. So, I am rare for those reasons.

  Common

  Purpose, Way, Reason

  "A Chat with Common Interview: Adimu Colon". Common Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Whether the people in Haiti, the young kids in Chicago that [are] going through violence, or whether you're in Atlanta or L.A. or Europe - it's not even color barriers for me - I go to where I know there's a lot of turmoil and pain.

  Common

  Pain, Kids, Atlanta

  "A Chat with Common Interview: Adimu Colon". Common Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• In the 19th century, Berlin was called the German Chicago. Or Chicago was called the American Berlin because they were sort of new cities or new powerhouses.

  Darryl Pinckney

  Cities, Berlin, Century

  Interview with Christopher Bollen, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2016.

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• I honestly have never been a guy to panic or freak out in the middle of a crisis. Growing up in the south side of Chicago will make you pretty resilient.

  Jonathan Sadowski

  Growing Up, Guy, Panic

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I began filmmaking in high school, at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. My first documentary was about a dysfunctional obese middle-aged carpet cleaner named Bill, who lived with his Mom, and his love affair with Anna, a drug-addicted prostitute. I made that when I was 16.

  Yony Leyser

  Mom, Art, School

  "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within". Interview with Paul Hawkins, www.outsideleft.com. March 2010.

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• There's one denomination in particular, though, that has pushed very hard to be multiracial in its denomination - not only its denomination but, I mean, in its congregations, and it's called the Evangelical Covenant Church, http://www.covchurch.org/ which is headquartered in Chicago. Their whole goal is that's the kind of churches they start, multiracial, and I think they say now 20 percent of their churches are that.

  Michael Emerson

  Mean, Thinking, Goal

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There are producers that have been my friends for many years that I'm still a big fan of, from Boyz Noize to solo acts. Justice. It really varies. All the way to like...sometimes I'll just find some dude out of Chicago that makes a great house song. I'm feeling a lot of the deep house stuff, Jamie Jones.

  A-Trak

  Song, Years, Justice

  Source: www.gq.com

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• Well, we are terribly divided politically, yes, and, you know, I don't mean to intimidate you and your listeners but I have a master's degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Mean, Degrees, Intimidating

  "Kurt Vonnegut Judges Modern Society". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. January 23, 2006.

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