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South Side Quotes

I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I’d go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on ‘Laugh-In,’ Flip Wilson Picture Quote #1

I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over Picture Quote #1

I grew up in Synagogue in the boys’ choir. We didn’t listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir Picture Quote #1

I go to the favelas in Brazil. It’s the same in the South Side of Chicago. It’s the same, or just more violent. We’re trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don’t play. They make us look like nuns Picture Quote #1

I grew up in Chicago on the South Side, and had a ton of freedom, just did whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. At the risk of sounding dopey, I would say it was blissful Picture Quote #1

I’ve been lucky. I don’t for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don’t like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow Picture Quote #1

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And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me Picture Quote #1

In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago’s South Side to the West Side Picture Quote #1

I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming Picture Quote #1

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I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I’d go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on ‘Laugh-In,’ Flip Wilson (South Side Quotes) I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over (South Side Quotes) I grew up in Synagogue in the boys’ choir. We didn’t listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir (South Side Quotes) I go to the favelas in Brazil. It’s the same in the South Side of Chicago. It’s the same, or just more violent. We’re trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don’t play. They make us look like nuns (South Side Quotes) I grew up in Chicago on the South Side, and had a ton of freedom, just did whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. At the risk of sounding dopey, I would say it was blissful (South Side Quotes) I’ve been lucky. I don’t for a minute take for granted the good fortune I have had. You don’t like to get ideas above your station, especially a boy from the south side of Glasgow. (South Side Quotes) And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me (South Side Quotes) In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago’s South Side to the West Side (South Side Quotes) I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming (South Side Quotes)