J. B. Pritzker Quotes
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I have a lot of Republican friends.
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Illinois has the opportunity to lead the country in providing more affordable health care options to its citizens.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.
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My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine.
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ChicagoNEXT is focused on making Chicago the best possible place for technology entrepreneurs.
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Small ideas won't help Illinois' future.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
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With Donald Trump as president and Republicans in control of Congress, our healthcare is under attack.
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The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.
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To end the pervasive culture of sexual harassment, it can no longer be the norm that men look the other way. It only ends when men actively participate in ending it.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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The people at the bottom who are working but working at relatively low wages need some help.
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I'm proud to be part of the resistance.
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We're trying to make money, trying to add a zero onto our net worth.
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When I'm governor, we're not going to be silent like Bruce Rauner. Illinois will be a firewall against Donald Trump's destructive and bigoted agenda.
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None of our family businesses were focused on technology. It was '93 when I came out of law school, and the Internet was taking hold. So I started New World Ventures.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.
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The more activity around Chicago-based companies, and the more success that entrepreneurs have in Chicago, the better we as venture capitalists in Chicago will do.
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By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things.
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It takes a tough, stand-up governor to stand up to the president of the United States - speaking out against the president, speaking out against his policies and, more than that, having actual policies that will help expand health care while... Trump is trying to diminish it for Illinois families.
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When you're governor, you've got to step up to the plate; you've got to make a proposal for a balanced budget. That's the requirement. And then you've got to sit down and negotiate if the folks that you need to work with disagree with you on points.