Chicago Quotes
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Life is the best left hooker I ever saw, although some say it was Charlie White of Chicago
Ernest Hemingway -
I've commissioned an adaptation of 'The Jungle', by Upton Sinclair, a story of a young immigrant from Lithuania to the meat-packing industry of Chicago in 1904, and the rise of the unions in America.
David Schwimmer
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My wife and I lived in Chicago for two months, and we went to a lot of great restaurants.
Frank Vincent -
Shake It Up is a buddy comedy based around dance. It's about two best friends Rocky and CeCe who live out their dream as background dancers on a show called Shake It Up Chicago. They have to navigate life as young teens going to school and dancing on the show.
Zendaya -
I grew up in Chicago, so I've always been a Bears fan. Dad used to take me to Bears games and Cubs games. My brother used to ride me over to Lake Forest College on his Honda Supersport and we'd watch the Bears practice. I remember those guys out there as monsters - they were the biggest things I've ever seen!
Kyle Chandler -
Chicago's neighborhoods have always been this city's greatest strength.
Jane Byrne -
I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of 'The Brady Bunch.' Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying 'hi' to everyone, whether they knew me or not.
Marlee Matlin -
I grew up in Chicago, and I understand what Michael Jordan symbolizes.
Dwyane Wade
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Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.
Jesse Spencer -
I come from a pretty working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Hard work was just expected of you. It wasn't some noble thing you did; it was a prerequisite. It's what a man did. You get up, you put on your boots, and you work hard. We've lost a lot of that, I'm afraid.
John C. Reilly -
I'm a blue-collar Chicago girl raised on wonderful movies my mom took us to, ones that had a lot of heart.
Bonnie Hunt -
Several elementary school teachers had described me as a 'future authoress or poetess.' Mother took me to meet Chicago's leading black librarian, who published a poem of mine in the magazine she edited for Negro children.
Margo Jefferson -
I'm playing a cop in Chicago. So I have to look beefier - like a guy who eats steak and potatoes.
Jesse Lee Soffer -
Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play.
Lee Trevino
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I love Chicago. It's such a great town, and it's got great culture and great history, and it's not as extreme as LA or New York, and it's just- it's hard for me for work, because I don't live and work in the same place and that's tough. But I'm- I love it.
Joan Cusack -
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.
Chris O'Donnell -
In Chicago it's really a case of the play's the thing - people are just so happy to be acting, you know? We were all actors - not like in New York or Los Angeles, where everyone says they are actors but they are actually waiting tables and hustling for spots in commercials.
John C. Reilly -
'What do you think of the Chicago Bulls winning three in a row?' - Russell: 'Not much.'
Bill Russell -
I think there's a pedigree that comes with being from Chicago that gives you some cache outside of L.A. and New York, where, frankly, most of show business really is.
Jay Chandrasekhar -
Chicago - it's the Midwest, and the people are not as tough or not as edgy as they are in New York.
Frank Vincent
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Chicago is my home. And the way Chicago sounds will always be a part of who I am.
Kurt Elling -
R&B is everything. Hip Hop, Soul, Gospel and Classical Blues are everything. All of that makes sense in BJ The Chicago Kid and what we do.
BJ the Chicago Kid -
I think that unless you grew up in New York or Chicago or Los Angeles, you're sheltered.
Jordana Brewster -
I actually didn't grow up in a household that loved Chinese food particularly, and it's not really my go-to food or anything... We were more a pizza family, being from the Chicago area and all.
Jami Attenberg