Robert Zemeckis Quotes
I grew up on Chicago's South Side in a working-poor family, so I watched everything on television. It was like my window on the world. But we also went to the movies pretty regularly - mostly on Tuesdays, because that was Ladies Night, and my mom could get in for free.
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With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive.
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I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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The Illinois Constitution was written before they realized they'd have a city the size of Chicago in the state. The constitution had severe limits on the ability of any city to raise monies through taxes and bonds. When Chicago grew explosively, they had to come up with ways of getting more money to do more things.
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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.
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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.
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At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking.
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I blog because I have something to say.
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I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that.
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I've always been partial to werewolves, perhaps because there's a desperation to their plight that resonates.
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One thing I carried my whole life, especially from my grandparents in Chicago, was a huge idealism for the world.
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In my hometown of Chicago, I'm kind of a medium deal.
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I was taunted because I was different.
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I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.
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Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.
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They say Chicago is for haters. No one will just sweat each other and say, 'Oh, you're so good,' if you're not. Which is another reason I'm inspired to stay.
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In 1971 I returned to the University of Chicago as Professor of Physics.
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I was born and raised in Rogers Park in Chicago. My father sold furniture, and my mother was a Chicago public school teacher and proud member of the Chicago Teachers Union for decades.
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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
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Demonetisation is a disinflationary process. So, this will bring down prices in the long run. It will also help in bringing down interest rates.
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I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.
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What it is now is basically I'll sit on my computer; I basically kind of play the computer as an instrument, I guess you could say. I guess I play the Mac.
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I'm pretty open to all walks of life.
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I grew up on Chicago's South Side in a working-poor family, so I watched everything on television. It was like my window on the world. But we also went to the movies pretty regularly - mostly on Tuesdays, because that was Ladies Night, and my mom could get in for free.
