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Chicago Quotes

I majored in theater in college. I did a couple of plays in high school, and I really enjoyed it, so I went to Illinois Wesleyan University and got a degree, and then I went back to Chicago and started doing theater in all the companies around the city for about 11 years before I moved out to L.A Picture Quote #1

I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government Picture Quote #1

I think the absolute worst job I ever had - not because it was a terrible job, just because I was just so bad at it - was when I worked at a scenic factory in Chicago Picture Quote #1

I’ve been pretty lucky with neighbors. But back in 1998, I lived, like, literally next door to Wrigley Field in Chicago. And I had, like, 50,000 bad neighbors spread out over the course of one summer. I’m a diehard Cubs fan, but living right next to the ballpark, it’s just - as you’re trying to go to sleep, you can just, like, hear urination Picture Quote #1

From 1961 to 1964, I was fortunate enough to work at a think tank in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago. As a writer and editor, I reported in a publication about the thinkers. Our offices were in a former mansion; I worked in what had been the ballroom. As I sat typing my copy, I imagined the dancers waltzing Picture Quote #1

Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That’s baseball as it should be played - in God’s own sunshine. And that’s really living Picture Quote #1

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Chicago is the greatest of all baseball cities. I make no exception, although I have been treated well wherever I have been. It is the greatest city because the fans will stick to a loser season after season. I have had my share of defeats, so I should know Picture Quote #1

Chicago was big for me as far as developing as a person and as a basketball player Picture Quote #1

Chicago is great! It’s like the heart of America. It’s the center and it’s a beautiful city Picture Quote #1

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world Picture Quote #1

Chicago is a beautiful city - the architecture, the food, everything in the city is awesome Picture Quote #1

I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago Picture Quote #1

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We can’t just rest on the fact that this is beautiful Chicago. I want to triple down on that experience and make it... life-altering Picture Quote #1

When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‘One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.’ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother Picture Quote #1

I have a 92 year old father whose doing beautifully who lives in Chicago and a sister and a nephew and a niece and I love coming back and try to do so fairly often Picture Quote #1

At Marshall Field in Chicago, I had them take a big bed into the menswear department, one with black sheets. I’d get in bed wearing a nightcap, and my fans would get in bed with me, one at a time, and I’d sign their memorabilia. And then I’d give them a free pint of Ben and Jerry’s Picture Quote #1

As a kid, my parents had the typical stuff going on in the home, like Bee Gees, The Carpenters. Then I got exposed to what my brothers were listening to: a lot of classic rock, Led Zeppelin. It was around the mid- 80s when the whole Electro-Techno-Pop-House music thing started happening in Chicago Picture Quote #1

That’s what I love about music. It’s immediate. There’s a connection whether you are playing at Hyde Park or Chicago, and it’s been happening since the beginning of time and the troubadours Picture Quote #1

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When you have 4,000 people killed in Chicago by guns, from the beginning of the presidency of Barack Obama, his hometown, you have to have stop-and-frisk Picture Quote #1

In 1986, human nature in America started to change. That year, ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,’ based in Chicago, became nationally syndicated, and the country entered the beginning stages of a quiet cultural revolution Picture Quote #1

There have been some terrible winters in Chicago, where it feels like I’m literally being punched in the face, and everyone walks around looking stunned like they’ve just witnessed a murder Picture Quote #1

My competition keeps me driven. My family and son and being home in Chicago keeps me humble, and my fans. They’re the reason why I’m going hard and making sure everyone knows how to say my name Picture Quote #1

I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I remember it being real fun and helping with my stand-up. If I did an improv class, and then I did stand-up later, I felt looser on stage and more comfortable Picture Quote #1

Los Angeles for many years had operated with a police department that was far smaller than other police departments had in areas of comparable or larger size, New York and Chicago being the most obvious examples Picture Quote #1

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Alan Turing is so important to me and to the world, and his story is so important to be told, so it was a big thing to take up, and I was a little petrified. Like, who am I to write the Alan Turing story? He’s one of the great geniuses of the 20th century - who was horribly persecuted for being gay - and I’m a kid from Chicago Picture Quote #1

Being born and raised in Chicago made me tough. It made me strong. I feel like I can deal with anything. I truly believe that in my heart Picture Quote #1

I listen to, like, funky Chicago blues. I love blues, but I love the funky, happy blues. There’s a song about pretty much everything, including kidney stones, believe it or not. So there’s something there for whatever you happen to be suffering, you know? Picture Quote #1

For some people, home is family and their mom’s house or their girl or whatever, and I have those experiences as well, but the biggest thing for me is Chicago Picture Quote #1

I first became aware of Charles Darwin and evolution while still a schoolboy growing up in Chicago. My father and I had a passion for bird-watching, and when the snow or the rain kept me indoors, I read his bird books and learned about evolution Picture Quote #1

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too Picture Quote #1

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I majored in theater in college. I did a couple of plays in high school, and I really enjoyed it, so I went to Illinois Wesleyan University and got a degree, and then I went back to Chicago and started doing theater in all the companies around the city for about 11 years before I moved out to L.A. (Chicago Quotes) I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government (Chicago Quotes) I think the absolute worst job I ever had - not because it was a terrible job, just because I was just so bad at it - was when I worked at a scenic factory in Chicago. (Chicago Quotes) I’ve been pretty lucky with neighbors. But back in 1998, I lived, like, literally next door to Wrigley Field in Chicago. And I had, like, 50,000 bad neighbors spread out over the course of one summer. I’m a diehard Cubs fan, but living right next to the ballpark, it’s just - as you’re trying to go to sleep, you can just, like, hear urination. (Chicago Quotes) From 1961 to 1964, I was fortunate enough to work at a think tank in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago. As a writer and editor, I reported in a publication about the thinkers. Our offices were in a former mansion; I worked in what had been the ballroom. As I sat typing my copy, I imagined the dancers waltzing. (Chicago Quotes) Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That’s baseball as it should be played - in God’s own sunshine. And that’s really living. (Chicago Quotes) Chicago is the greatest of all baseball cities. I make no exception, although I have been treated well wherever I have been. It is the greatest city because the fans will stick to a loser season after season. I have had my share of defeats, so I should know. (Chicago Quotes) Chicago was big for me as far as developing as a person and as a basketball player (Chicago Quotes) Chicago is great! It’s like the heart of America. It’s the center and it’s a beautiful city. (Chicago Quotes) Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world. (Chicago Quotes) Chicago is a beautiful city - the architecture, the food, everything in the city is awesome (Chicago Quotes) I live in a beautiful vintage building that was built in the heart of downtown Chicago (Chicago Quotes) We can’t just rest on the fact that this is beautiful Chicago. I want to triple down on that experience and make it... life-altering. (Chicago Quotes) When I was nine years old, living on the south side of Chicago, my father was a minister and my mother used to scrub floors. I had seven brothers and four sisters. I told my mama, ‘One of these days I’m going to be big and strong and buy you a beautiful house.’ That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life, is to take care of my mother. (Chicago Quotes) I have a 92 year old father whose doing beautifully who lives in Chicago and a sister and a nephew and a niece and I love coming back and try to do so fairly often. (Chicago Quotes) At Marshall Field in Chicago, I had them take a big bed into the menswear department, one with black sheets. I’d get in bed wearing a nightcap, and my fans would get in bed with me, one at a time, and I’d sign their memorabilia. And then I’d give them a free pint of Ben and Jerry’s. (Chicago Quotes) As a kid, my parents had the typical stuff going on in the home, like Bee Gees, The Carpenters. Then I got exposed to what my brothers were listening to: a lot of classic rock, Led Zeppelin. It was around the mid- 80s when the whole Electro-Techno-Pop-House music thing started happening in Chicago. (Chicago Quotes) That’s what I love about music. It’s immediate. There’s a connection whether you are playing at Hyde Park or Chicago, and it’s been happening since the beginning of time and the troubadours. (Chicago Quotes) When you have 4,000 people killed in Chicago by guns, from the beginning of the presidency of Barack Obama, his hometown, you have to have stop-and-frisk. (Chicago Quotes) In 1986, human nature in America started to change. That year, ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,’ based in Chicago, became nationally syndicated, and the country entered the beginning stages of a quiet cultural revolution. (Chicago Quotes) There have been some terrible winters in Chicago, where it feels like I’m literally being punched in the face, and everyone walks around looking stunned like they’ve just witnessed a murder. (Chicago Quotes) My competition keeps me driven. My family and son and being home in Chicago keeps me humble, and my fans. They’re the reason why I’m going hard and making sure everyone knows how to say my name. (Chicago Quotes) I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I remember it being real fun and helping with my stand-up. If I did an improv class, and then I did stand-up later, I felt looser on stage and more comfortable. (Chicago Quotes) Los Angeles for many years had operated with a police department that was far smaller than other police departments had in areas of comparable or larger size, New York and Chicago being the most obvious examples. (Chicago Quotes) Alan Turing is so important to me and to the world, and his story is so important to be told, so it was a big thing to take up, and I was a little petrified. Like, who am I to write the Alan Turing story? He’s one of the great geniuses of the 20th century - who was horribly persecuted for being gay - and I’m a kid from Chicago. (Chicago Quotes) Being born and raised in Chicago made me tough. It made me strong. I feel like I can deal with anything. I truly believe that in my heart. (Chicago Quotes) I listen to, like, funky Chicago blues. I love blues, but I love the funky, happy blues. There’s a song about pretty much everything, including kidney stones, believe it or not. So there’s something there for whatever you happen to be suffering, you know? (Chicago Quotes) For some people, home is family and their mom’s house or their girl or whatever, and I have those experiences as well, but the biggest thing for me is Chicago. (Chicago Quotes) I first became aware of Charles Darwin and evolution while still a schoolboy growing up in Chicago. My father and I had a passion for bird-watching, and when the snow or the rain kept me indoors, I read his bird books and learned about evolution. (Chicago Quotes) We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. (Chicago Quotes)

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