Chicago Quotes - Page 16

• I had grown up as a fan of Studs Terkel. In Chicago he sort of looms large and is mentioned often.

  Dave Eggers

  Fans, Studs

  Interview with Justine Sharrock, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2009.

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• I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Running, Cities, House

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• While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Running, Dedication, Cities

  "Rahm Emanuel may leave Obama administration to run for mayor of Chicago" by Richard Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2010.

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• I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.

  Dennis Farina

  Couple, Home, Years

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• I wouldn't live in Chicago cause it's too conservative, aside for the fact that Oprah Winfrey lives there.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Causes, Facts, Conservative

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!

  Kyle Chandler

  Brother, Dad, College

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!

  Ted Allen

  Real, House, Stuff

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was not a great guitarist, so I sold my 1960 Fender Stratocaster in exchange for a Shure Microphone, made in Chicago, and a flute.

  Ian Anderson

  Flutes, Made, Microphones

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• I resent the fact that people in places like Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco believe that they should be able to tell us how to live our lives, operate our businesses, and what to do with the land that we love and cherish.

  Wilford Brimley

  New York, Believe, Boston

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• I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence in the future of our city and a revival of opportunity for all Chicago.

  Jane Byrne

  Opportunity, Cities, Community

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• In Chicago, if you tell someone you're a writer, they look at you suspiciously - as if to say "yeah, right." In New York, people don't question the idea. If you say you're a writer, that's what you are.

  Elaine Equi

  New York, Ideas, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I had, like, two goals in my career: One was to try to get into 'Second City.' When I moved to Chicago, my goal was to try to work at 'Second City.' And beyond that, my goal was to make enough money as an actor to not do anything else but act, not have to go and wait tables again.

  Steve Carell

  Two, Cities, Careers

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• Once I moved to Chicago and started trying to get acting jobs, I just tended to book more things that were comedically based than anything else. I never had the preconceived notion, "I will be a comedic actor." I just thought, "I'll go into acting and see what kind of work I can get."

  Steve Carell

  Jobs, Book, Acting

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 23, 2005.

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• I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan.

  Kyle Chandler

  Fans, Bears, Cubs

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue.

  Bryan Ferry

  New York, Boston, Wish

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• After college, I knew I wanted to work in comedy, so the first thing I did was go to where the comedy was. I moved from Charlottesville to Chicago, because that's where The Second City and Improv Olympics are. You have to go wherever you need to go to study what interests you.

  Tina Fey

  College, Cities, Firsts

  "Funny girl". www.seventeen.com. January 24, 2008.

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• Da Pak was a group out of Chicago. It was a put-together group. We actually met for the first time at this showcase. They were like 'Yo, you should do a song together.' So we did. It just so happened that the name of the song was 'Wolf Pak.' They said, 'Y'all should be a group called Da Pak, and here's a record deal.'

  Lupe Fiasco

  Song, Names, Together

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. October 31, 2006.

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• I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan; I have participated in two European summits, so I have fully respected the engagements I made to the French.

  Francois Hollande

  Two, Troops, Withdrawal

  "François Hollande calls a halt to marital hostilities on Bastille Day" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2012.

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• You have in Vegas the most heterogeneous audience you're gonna get anywhere in the country. In Boston, Chicago, Miami, you know who goes to the theater. In Vegas, you have people who only see one theater show a year, and it's in Vegas.

  Penn Jillette

  Country, Vegas, Boston

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish community in the inner city of Chicago, and I was the youngest of a bunch of cousins. Polish families are real big, with cousins and aunts and uncles.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Sports, Cousin, Uncles

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• The best comedy audiences in the country and this is tried and true, I'm not just saying it, in my opinion are Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago.

  Denis Leary

  Country, Atlanta, Boston

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• I thought, oh, I'm going to be a painter. And eventually my family had moved near Chicago, and when I graduated from high school, I went to the Chicago Art Institute, and it was there that I thought, well, now I'm going to be a painter.

  Warren MacKenzie

  Art, School, My Family

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.

  Mandy Patinkin

  School, Boys, House

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• I come from a pretty working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Hard work was just expected of you. It wasn't some noble thing you did; it was a prerequisite. It's what a man did. You get up, you put on your boots, and you work hard. We've lost a lot of that, I'm afraid.

  John C. Reilly

  Hard Work, Men, Class

  "Conquer Your Shortcomings". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. December 15, 2011.

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• I listen to a lot of Chicago blues, I suppose. It reminds me of growing up, I guess. But I'm also obsessed by close-harmony groups. Actually, I'm fascinated particularly by brother duos, how they blend together. The Everly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, The McQuarrys. There's something inherently magical about harmony.

  John C. Reilly

  Brother, Growing Up, Together

  "Life of Reilly" by Jason Solomons, www.theguardian.com. December 04, 2004.

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