Chicago Quotes - Page 13

I was thinking (when he hit his 500th home run) about my mother and dad, about all the people in the Chicago Cubs organization that helped me and about the wonderful Chicago fans who have come out all these years to cheer me on. They've been a great inspiration to me.

Ernie Banks

Running, Baseball, Mother

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What an incredibly beautiful city at night Chicago is. Absolutely beautiful.

Nik Wallenda

Beautiful, Night, Cities

"CNN Newsroom" with Carol Costello, edition.cnn.com. November 3, 2014.

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Chicago keeps getting all these complete games. Im expecting 50 cent hot dogs.

Mitch Albom

Dog, Games, Hot

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I would love the opportunity to work in Chicago. It would be like a dream come true, if I could work there on something like the way ER was filmed.

Joe Lando

Dream, Opportunity, Would Be

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The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street-a lot of singles, but no action.

Joe Garagiola

Action, Singles, Cubs

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Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today.

Mikey Welsh

Writing, Heart, Sleep

"Weezer's Mikey Welsh: His Final Weeks" by Jillian Mapes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 10, 2011.

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Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all love coming back. As soon as the TV show is over, I'll be back in Chicago, doing live theater.

William Petersen

First Love, Tv Shows, Careers

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

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I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college

Steve Albini

College, Moved

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Chicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of Istanbul, people will know and love us in our multidimensional glory, dream of us the way they dream of San Francisco and New York.

Mary Schmich

Dream, New York, Coffee

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For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation.

Mary Schmich

Pain, Medicine, Separation

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Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.

Billy Eckstine

Soul, Bud, Pittsburgh

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In the twilight, it was a vision of power.

Upton Sinclair

Twilight, Vision, American Cities

Upton Sinclair (2016). “The Jungle”, p.37, First Avenue Editions

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Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.

Newt Gingrich

Honesty, Government, President

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My father actually moved out from Chicago just so he could play tennis 365 days a year, so it was - it was a place we played every day. We played before school. We played after school. We woke up. We played tennis. We brushed our teeth in that order.

Andre Agassi

Father, School, Order

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

Jack Canfield

Teacher, School, Cities

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Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef.

Jose Garces

Chef, Backgrounds

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But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago.

Augusten Burroughs

Band, My Favorite, Favorite Bands

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As a youngster I worked the river boats going down the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, pushing barges to Chicago, then all the way down to New Orleans.

Clint Walker

Illinois, New Orleans, Rivers

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I swore I'd be in Chicago tomorrow, and made sure of that, taking a bus to Chicago, spending most of my money, and didn't give a damn, just as long as I'd be in Chicago tomorrow.

Jack Kerouac

Cities, Long, Giving

Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.121, Penguin

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However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.

Ted Allen

Home, Long, Passionate

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

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My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things.

Ted Allen

Fun, Years, Space

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

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I had a little epiphany when I was a writer at 'Chicago' magazine. I sat down to dinner at the Ritz-Carlton. Somebody poured a white dessert wine with chocolate cake. It was a wine I would never have expected to make sense. The idea of any wine tasting fabulous with chocolate cake was fascinating to me.

Ted Allen

Wine, White, Cake

"Ted Allen / 'Queer Eye' for a wine guy". Interview with W. Blake Gray, www.sfgate.com. October 27, 2006.

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I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city.

John Green

Cities, Firsts, My Favorite

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Will Grayson, Will Grayson' is about two guys named Will Grayson who live in different Chicago suburbs who eventually meet each other.

John Green

Two, Guy, Different

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Chicago is the Great American City, and it was really great to live there during a time of economic expansion and opportunity and growth. I felt like I was living at the center of the world. Unlike New York, no one expects you to be a professional writer.

John Green

New York, Opportunity, Cities

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