Chicago Quotes

No city embraced privatization more eagerly than Chicago, where I live.

Bethany McLean

LiveCityChicagoMoreWhereThan

While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able.

Douglas Wood

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Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune.

Alexander Woollcott

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I haven't touched a piece of meat since I read a graphic description of Chicago's slaughterhouses when I was 12.

Christie Brinkley

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I did a lot of theater growing up, and in college I was in the musical 'Chicago.'

Sarah Shahi

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I seem to have some of the greatest fans in the world. They are so respectful, whether it's been people that are fans from 'Arrow' or 'The Affair' or 'Chicago Med.'

Colin Donnell

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I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states.

Raquel Welch

ChicagoBecauseComeOurStates

I love going back to cities where I had a strong fan base - like San Antonio, Minneapolis - those were really good fan bases, like Iowa and Chicago.

Bret Hart

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Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago.

Nichelle Nichols

ChicagoCornerUpAroundGrew

The farm is one field to the east of the railroad track that used to connect New Orleans with Chicago. The track runs beside Highway 45, an old U.S. route that unites Chicago with Mobile, Alabama.

Bobbie Ann Mason

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I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.

LeBron James

Growing UpGrowingChicagoUpFan

I originally wanted to stay in Chicago as long as I could. I love Chicago. I don't love L.A. I don't want to leave Chicago.

Allison Tolman

LoveLongChicagoWantLeaveStay

Our whole family assembles in Chicago at Christmas and usually in Aspen in the summer.

James Cronin

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I love Chicago, and I still think it's the best city there is.

Sean Giambrone

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I think the beard plays a slight factor to my presence on the mound. It's kind of part of the persona now. Everyone in Chicago embraced it, so I got to keep it. I can't ditch it now.

Jake Arrieta

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I've heard New York actors say Chicago actors intimidate them because apparently we're the real nitty-gritty actors who're in a town where being onstage doesn't necessarily get you anything except your craft.

Scott Adsit

New YorkYouNewChicagoSayCraft

I grew up in Chicago and was a huge fan of 'The Second City', so when I moved to L.A., I was looking for anything that resembled that... then I started 'The Groundlings', so I went to a show and it was very much like 'Second City'. I was so impressed that that same night I went backstage and I went up to the funniest person there.

Kathy Griffin

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I love playing in Chicago, and the fans have been great to me.

Scottie Pippen

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Anybody who has been to Chicago has a very positive view. But not everybody has come to Chicago, and in many ways, Chicago is an undiscovered treasure. It punches below its weight internationally.

Ivo Daalder

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I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops.

Tim Meadows

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Chicago - it's the Midwest, and the people are not as tough or not as edgy as they are in New York.

Frank Vincent

New YorkPeopleToughNewChicago

Chicago's privatization mania began during Mayor Richard M. Daley's administration, which ran from 1989 to 2011. Under his successor, Rahm Emanuel, the trend has continued apace. For Rahm's investment banker buddies, the trend has been a boon. For citizens? Not so much.

Rick Perlstein

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I would jump off the Willis Tower, which is the tallest building in Chicago, to support Hillary Clinton.

Danny K. Davis

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I was 14 when the Democratic convention in my hometown of Chicago erupted into violence. It was a tough year.

Richard Edelman

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