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J. B. Pritzker Quotes

When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: argentinian
Birth: January 19, 1965

Topics

Support Me More Check Than Before

Ben Schwartzwalder was a decent guy, but he was from another era. He was like a Marine, with a real army attitude. He thought there was only one way to play football, and that was the rough way.

Attitude Football Thought Army Play

And you know, the people who hate kids and don't want kids always end up having 50 of them.

Hate People End You Know Want

I've always had a propensity for getting the cursive down pretty well. What it evolved into was my pseudo-waitressing job when I was auditioning. I didn't wait tables. I did calligraphy for the invitations for, like, Robin Thicke and Paula Patton's wedding.

Job Wait Wedding Down Always Pretty

I've had encounters with animals that have been really mystical. I've always been really into animals. But the way they appear in the paintings, they come from my mind's eye more than: 'I'm gonna draw a dog now.' It isn't thought out: 'Now I'm gonna draw a bird.' They just appear.

Dog Bird Mind Eye Thought Way

Darren McCarty is a big video game guy, and he brings his systems with him on the road.

Road Game Him Big Guy He

Mercer was very clever. He knew the way Southerners spoke and put that into his lyrics. But in that whole era, you had the best. Harold Arlen was just fantastic. Cole Porter was better than anybody, and Gershwin was Gershwin, y'know. Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records, and he brought in Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Nat King Cole.

Best King Better You Way Clever

I'm usually more concerned with how things sound than how they look on the page. Some people write for the page, and that's a whole other thing. I'm going for what it sounds like right away, so it may not even look good on the page.

Good People Look Page Some People

The first time I met Harlan Ellison, we were both unpublished young punks in Cleveland, Ohio.

Time Young First Time First Ohio

I made a big mistake with him the first day I shot. We're shooting the scene where I come back from the party, the dance, in the sleigh with Julie Christie and we turn the corner and go past the camera and the camera follows us just a little bit and we disappear.

Day Dance Past Mistake Camera Back

People will write whatever they want and make up whatever they want anyway.

People Want Will Write Whatever Up

I went to school for creative writing in college, and I wound up about six hours short of my degree.

Creative School College Writing Up

Iowa is an amazing place. But I didn't have much race around me. I was definitely not like everyone there.

Amazing Me Place Race Everyone Iowa

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