Chicago Quotes - Page 7

• Incredible amounts of energy are hidden in your brain;
  enough in a gram of flesh to run the city of Chicago for 2 days.
  And you say you are tired?

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Running, Tired, Cities

  Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1971). “Self-realization”

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• Food in Chicago is the best.

  Lee DeWyze

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• There are so many good venues in Chicago.

  Lee DeWyze

  Venues

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• I had the chance to visit all 56 counties in Montana in my pickup. You can put Washington, D.C., in one corner of our state and put Chicago in the other corner, and that's the size of my congressional district.

  Steve Daines

  Montana, Size, Chance

  "New members: D-E-F", www.politico.com. January 17, 2013.

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• Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions of people who claim they were there because it felt like we were all there. Everyone from our generation was there and was at Woodstock.

  Bill Ayers

  Our Generation, People, Generations

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• Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago, and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.

  Harold Ramis

  Good Life, Artistic Life, People

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

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• What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.

  Steven Yeun

  College, Nerd, Kalamazoo

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

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• The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.

  Jane Byrne

  Government, Long, People

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• I'd love to do a film like 'Chicago.' Something musical because I've obviously come from that background.

  Leona Lewis

  Musical, Film, Backgrounds

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

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• I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days.

  Jeffrey Donovan

  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• I just wanted to see every single musical I could. The very first one I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' the only one I could get tickets for, and then 'Les Miserables' and then 'Chicago.

  America Ferrera

  Musical, Saws, Firsts

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• When I moved to Chicago, I was coming from a school that didn't have any arts in Alabama. I essentially came from a town where the arts didn't exist and the desire for education didn't exist and wasn't valued.

  Nelsan Ellis

  Art, School, Desire

  "Nelsan Ellis, ‘True Blood’ Star, Returns To Chicago To Direct ‘HooDoo Love’". Interview with Joseph Erbentraut, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2012.

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• I've spent my whole life in Chicago being asked where am I from, so that I have a sense of displacement that also is very psychologically disorienting.

  Ana Castillo

  Whole Life, Displacement, Whole

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• They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.

  Al Capone

  Fire, Hung

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• We saw a hole in the Chicago poetry scene that slam couldn't fill. I think a lot more can be done with the form than just competition.

  Robbie Q. Telfer

  Thinking, Competition, Done

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• I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team. When he was well into his eighties a friend found him in his office on Sunday, and asked him why, at his age, he was working on a Sunday. His response, 'It’s only work if there’s someplace else you’d rather be.'

  Bernie Siegel

  Football, Team, Sunday

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• The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their Hub, as they call it, is the paradise of prigs. Chicago is a sort of monster-shop, full of bustles and bores. Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry. Baltimore is amusing for a week, but Philadelphia is dreadfully provincial; and though one can dine in New York one could not dwell there.

  Oscar Wilde

  New York, Dine In, Philadelphia

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1023, GENERAL PRESS

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• I'm into classic games like Donkey Kong, and also collect vintage tour t-shirts - everything from Olivia Newton-John to Duran Duran. I've got a Chicago one worth $100.

  Michael Rosenbaum

  Vintage, Games, Olivia

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• If you work in Chicago in the improv scene, anyone is happy for you if you get a job.

  Steven Yeun

  Jobs, Scene, Ifs

  "Q&A – Steven Yeun (Glenn)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com.

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• Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.

  Jane Byrne

  Cities, Citizens, Tonight

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• The people playing on these songs are from Wisconsin and Illinois and Chicago and St. Louis and there’s a certain attitude that comes across in the songs and the way that they’re performed. I’m born and raised in the Midwest, and my family’s been here for generations. This is where I’m from and how I think, and that’s reflected in the music I make.

  Pokey LaFarge

  Song, Attitude, Thinking

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• I am in the Chicago Carpenters Union. They are huge supporters of mine and of MMA.

  Clay Guida

  Mma, Unions, Carpenter

  "UFC on FX 4: Clay Guida Exclusive on 'The Big Lebowski,' Gray Maynard, and More". Interview with Garrett Derr, bleacherreport.com. June 18, 2012.

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• Gorgeous day here in Chicago. Sure is better than Canada.

  CM Punk

  Wwe, Canada, Gorgeous

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• Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie March' here. But I love writing about Chicago, and I love being there and imagining lives in Chicago. I hope to set something there in the future, but it's intimidating.

  John Green

  Writing, Love Is, Trying

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• Dancing is my number one love. That was my first goal as a child. I would love to do stage, maybe do Chicago. I love being in front of an audience. It's so stimulating. I also love to barbecue.

  Carmen Electra

  Dance, Children, Love Is

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