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Chicago Quotes

I went to a number of schools when I was a kid on the south side of Chicago.

Melvin Van Peebles

Chicago Kid Side Number South

We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.

Brother You Trouble Now Chicago Own

Chicago's neighborhoods have always been this city's greatest strength.

Strength City Chicago Always Been

Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues of the Fifties, West Coast music of the mid-Sixties - but I'd never really touched on dark Americana.

Music American Dark Blues Chicago

In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the family store.

Jack Steinberger

Family Chicago Chemistry University

There is a lot of history buried in Chicago that I still have yet to discover.

History Chicago Still Discover Lot

I remember being an art student and going to the Whitney in 1974 to see the exhibition of Jim Nutt, the Chicago imagist. It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show.

Art School Remember Student Chicago

I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.

Teacher School High School Chicago

When I was four, we moved to the house on the west side of Chicago where I grew up. My earliest memories are of that first summer.

Memories House Summer Chicago First

I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.

Fun City College Chicago Group Try

I like a lot of that Chicago stuff, house music.

Music House Chicago Like Stuff Lot

My stepfather and his large family - The Crafts - are from Chicago, so Chicago has always been home for me.

Family Home Me Chicago Always Been

My roots really instilled Chicago values in me.

Sondra Radvanovsky

Me Roots Values Chicago Instilled

In 1993, I was working at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.

Theatre Chicago Working Steppenwolf

Yes, William E. Dodd was the - became the - America's first ambassador to Nazi Germany. Prior to that, he was a professor of history at the University of Chicago - mild-mannered guy.

History America Chicago First Yes

I was very aware of the fact we were so out of fashion when I shot 'Chicago.' And I was trepidatious as to whether it would be seen or embraced by anybody, but I've never stopped believing in the genre. There's nothing like it. It's American-born.

Fashion Chicago Believing Nothing

I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.

Daniel Barenboim

Dinner Stand Chicago More She Leave

Gary is a old factory town right outside Chicago. From my standpoint, my family migrated there in the '50s and '60s from Mississippi - Sardis, Mississippi - shout out to Sardis, Mississippi. My family migrated there just like a lot of black families in that area: they migrated there to get jobs, to get those factory jobs, that steel mill job.

Family Job Black Steel Chicago Out

Whether I'm reading a national publication or one of my local Chicago newspapers, I don't need to turn too many pages before I stumble upon another scandal. Not only do ethics violations deteriorate the public trust, but they also disrupt and undermine legitimate debate and policy.

Trust Ethics Reading Debate Chicago

I grew up in Chicago, and I understand what Michael Jordan symbolizes.

Chicago Understand Up Michael Jordan

I know that James Brown recording where he sings about Chicago. I think he sings, like, 'Chicago, my hometown!' That's what I think of when I think of Chicago. And I think of Chicago Bulls.

Michiel Huisman

Think Hometown Know Chicago Where

I was in my early twenties. I was 22-ish. I graduated from college and went right into teaching. The first year, I taught in Indiana at a couple schools, and then I moved over to Chicago.

College Year Early Chicago Right

Obama the President needs to stand up for what Obama the candidate and what Obama the Senator and what Obama the Chicago community organizer stood for and lead the Congress towards reform.

Community Stand Up Stand Chicago Up

Chicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America.

Charles Edward Merriam

City America Unique Chicago Corrupt

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