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Chicago Quotes

I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn’t get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents’ house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I’d like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald’s Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up in Chicago, my family and I used to go to a local chain, Hackney’s, for burgers and their French fried onion loaf. I probably haven’t been to one in 25 years, and yet, I once saw Donald Trump from behind in an office building and the first thing that flashed in my mind was his hair looked like that onion loaf Picture Quote #1

After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it’s like you’re in New York, it’s like going to Broadway Picture Quote #1

Liberals want to live downtown. All over America - in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Georgetown - there are crowds of liberals living in the gritty, ugly, dirty neighborhoods sensible people are trying to flee Picture Quote #1

I think I’m pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don’t have a new car, I drive my old car that I’ve had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago Picture Quote #1

My uncle was a cop, a career cop, on the beat in downtown Chicago. He was my hero when I was growing up Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

We all know that great leaders can create great successes...success for the Chicago public education fund is to bring great leaders into Chicago’s public schools Picture Quote #1

Chicago is an exciting place which renews itself. The workshop system encourages close reading and frank discussions of papers and ideas Picture Quote #1

One of the tricky things about sort of larger, comic-book action movies is that the scale is so big that they have to save the world at the end of every movie, and so at the end of each of the films, either Chicago or New York end up getting obliterated Picture Quote #1

Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it’s inside one person’s head, so that part of it’s made up and the rest of it is reality Picture Quote #1

Chicago is fun. We’ve spent a lot of time there, about 15 years. My wife’s parents and family live in Chicago, so that’s a big selling point Picture Quote #1

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Um, ‘Soul Food’... Another wonderful little movie that could. Here’s a film that, I think our budget was maybe $6 million. We shot it in Chicago in six weeks. I was so proud of the film, because it showed America that an African-American film about family could sell, could do well, could cross over and have true meaning Picture Quote #1

My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school. So I was always moving, I’m still always moving Picture Quote #1

I have really fond memories of growing up in Chicago, and I always love going back. I still have a lot of really good friends from high school that I go to dinner with. It’s kind of become a tradition when I go out there to do a show to give a few friends a call, tell some funny stories about high school and walk down memory lane Picture Quote #1

Mea culpa, mea culpa. MIT and Wharton and University of Chicago created the financial engineering instruments, which, like Samson and Delilah, blinded every CEO. They didn’t realize the kind of leverage they were doing and they didn’t understand when they were really creating a real profit or a fictitious one Picture Quote #1

I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success Picture Quote #1

In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends’ bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record Picture Quote #1

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My first job, actually, was a Chicago Bulls commercial. I was a ninja. I walked with a limp for a week afterward and got paid 500 dollars 6 months later. Thanks, guys Picture Quote #1

The Glades’ is a light cop procedural about a cop from Chicago who got shot in the bum by his captain and made a change down to Florida, so he’s a bit of a fish out of water Picture Quote #1

There are many things I’m looking forward to in 2013, both personally and professionally. Plans for new restaurants in the U.S., including Eataly Chicago, are underway, and I’m gearing up for the 2013 Ironman world championships in Hawaii - if I’m lucky enough to get a spot! Picture Quote #1

If I have one special memory, it was when we recreated the trial of the Chicago Seven - and I’d known about it before - but this was a pivotal moment in my life. If my father had been found guilty of conspiracy, I wouldn’t be here Picture Quote #1

The Michelle Obama that her old friends remember, that people knew in Chicago, she was a really incisive social critic. She knew how to drive an argument home. People liked her both in the workplace and socially because she was so frank Picture Quote #1

I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community. I had some friends who had moved out to Chicago and had said really good things about it and about the work. I didn’t care at that time about making money Picture Quote #1

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The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California Picture Quote #1

We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I’d like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy Picture Quote #1

For a long time, it was hard for me to get my work done in Chicago. Silk Road gave me opportunities to do shows like ‘Golden Child’ - shows that nobody else seemed interested in. And they bring an artistic integrity to the work that matches anything you’ll find at a bigger theatre Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to get up for a good high-school team like the Chicago Bulls Picture Quote #1

I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it’s always good to be back Picture Quote #1

I love Chicago. I know Chicago. And Chicago is a great city. It can be a great city. It can’t be a great city if people are shot walking down the street for a loaf of bread Picture Quote #1

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I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn’t get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents’ house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I’d like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald’s. (Chicago Quotes) When I was growing up in Chicago, my family and I used to go to a local chain, Hackney’s, for burgers and their French fried onion loaf. I probably haven’t been to one in 25 years, and yet, I once saw Donald Trump from behind in an office building and the first thing that flashed in my mind was his hair looked like that onion loaf. (Chicago Quotes) After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it’s like you’re in New York, it’s like going to Broadway. (Chicago Quotes) Liberals want to live downtown. All over America - in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Georgetown - there are crowds of liberals living in the gritty, ugly, dirty neighborhoods sensible people are trying to flee. (Chicago Quotes) I think I’m pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don’t have a new car, I drive my old car that I’ve had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago. (Chicago Quotes) My uncle was a cop, a career cop, on the beat in downtown Chicago. He was my hero when I was growing up. (Chicago Quotes) 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. (Chicago Quotes) We all know that great leaders can create great successes...success for the Chicago public education fund is to bring great leaders into Chicago’s public schools. (Chicago Quotes) Chicago is an exciting place which renews itself. The workshop system encourages close reading and frank discussions of papers and ideas. (Chicago Quotes) One of the tricky things about sort of larger, comic-book action movies is that the scale is so big that they have to save the world at the end of every movie, and so at the end of each of the films, either Chicago or New York end up getting obliterated. (Chicago Quotes) Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it’s inside one person’s head, so that part of it’s made up and the rest of it is reality. (Chicago Quotes) Chicago is fun. We’ve spent a lot of time there, about 15 years. My wife’s parents and family live in Chicago, so that’s a big selling point. (Chicago Quotes) Um, ‘Soul Food’... Another wonderful little movie that could. Here’s a film that, I think our budget was maybe $6 million. We shot it in Chicago in six weeks. I was so proud of the film, because it showed America that an African-American film about family could sell, could do well, could cross over and have true meaning. (Chicago Quotes) My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school. So I was always moving, I’m still always moving. (Chicago Quotes) I have really fond memories of growing up in Chicago, and I always love going back. I still have a lot of really good friends from high school that I go to dinner with. It’s kind of become a tradition when I go out there to do a show to give a few friends a call, tell some funny stories about high school and walk down memory lane. (Chicago Quotes) Mea culpa, mea culpa. MIT and Wharton and University of Chicago created the financial engineering instruments, which, like Samson and Delilah, blinded every CEO. They didn’t realize the kind of leverage they were doing and they didn’t understand when they were really creating a real profit or a fictitious one. (Chicago Quotes) I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful, and I felt that staying in Chicago and doing theater, I was, in all likelihood, not going to find financial success. (Chicago Quotes) In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends’ bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record. (Chicago Quotes) My first job, actually, was a Chicago Bulls commercial. I was a ninja. I walked with a limp for a week afterward and got paid 500 dollars 6 months later. Thanks, guys. (Chicago Quotes) The Glades’ is a light cop procedural about a cop from Chicago who got shot in the bum by his captain and made a change down to Florida, so he’s a bit of a fish out of water. (Chicago Quotes) There are many things I’m looking forward to in 2013, both personally and professionally. Plans for new restaurants in the U.S., including Eataly Chicago, are underway, and I’m gearing up for the 2013 Ironman world championships in Hawaii - if I’m lucky enough to get a spot! (Chicago Quotes) If I have one special memory, it was when we recreated the trial of the Chicago Seven - and I’d known about it before - but this was a pivotal moment in my life. If my father had been found guilty of conspiracy, I wouldn’t be here. (Chicago Quotes) The Michelle Obama that her old friends remember, that people knew in Chicago, she was a really incisive social critic. She knew how to drive an argument home. People liked her both in the workplace and socially because she was so frank. (Chicago Quotes) I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community. I had some friends who had moved out to Chicago and had said really good things about it and about the work. I didn’t care at that time about making money. (Chicago Quotes) The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California. (Chicago Quotes) We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I’d like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy. (Chicago Quotes) For a long time, it was hard for me to get my work done in Chicago. Silk Road gave me opportunities to do shows like ‘Golden Child’ - shows that nobody else seemed interested in. And they bring an artistic integrity to the work that matches anything you’ll find at a bigger theatre. (Chicago Quotes) It’s hard to get up for a good high-school team like the Chicago Bulls (Chicago Quotes) I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it’s always good to be back. (Chicago Quotes) I love Chicago. I know Chicago. And Chicago is a great city. It can be a great city. It can’t be a great city if people are shot walking down the street for a loaf of bread. (Chicago Quotes)

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