Chicago Quotes
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Racism is a sin and has no place in the church, including the Archdiocese of Chicago.
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My company, Cinema Gypsy, produced a podcast, 'Bronzeville,' in conjunction with Larenz Tate and his brothers that we're developing into a television show. It deals with a very tight-knit African-American community in Chicago in 1947 and people who run a numbers wheel.
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My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946.
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In Chicago, integrated neighborhoods do not stay integrated for long.
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I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up.
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First, we really don’t care how you did it in Chicago. Second, if you miss it so much, Delta is ready when you are.
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There's nothing like doing a show at home. When you do a show in Chicago, there's just a certain love that you don't feel anywhere else; it's like home base.
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When I was studying comedy in Chicago, it wasn't long after 9/11. There were a lot Middle Eastern comedians who were doing bits about hailing cabs and being terrorists. So the first two years, I didn't do any of that because I wanted to separate myself from those guys. But race is a big part of who I am, and it should be a big part of my comedy.
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I listen to a lot of Chicago blues, I suppose. It reminds me of growing up, I guess. But I'm also obsessed by close-harmony groups. Actually, I'm fascinated particularly by brother duos, how they blend together. The Everly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, The McQuarrys. There's something inherently magical about harmony.
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The aggression. The love. The joy. The pain. All those feelings and emotions that come from the music are Chicago. Chicago pretty much made me the man that I am. It's in my name. I have no choice but to accept and embrace that.
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I know I'm being biased about Chicago, but I think Chicago got the most talented people in the world.
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May 4th is a particularly memorable day in American history because 84 years to the day before May 4, 1970, there was another demonstration at the Haymarket Square in Chicago.
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I originally wanted to stay in Chicago as long as I could. I love Chicago. I don't love L.A. I don't want to leave Chicago.
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Every black man in Chicago walks through the world differently, and I think what young black boys do is observe, and that's what gives them their road map.
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Getting to be in Chicago when the Cubs won the World Series was one of the most magical experiences I think I've ever had in a city.
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It's very freaky in Chicago.There's something in the water there, I don't know what it is. But the actual word Chicago means, in the Indian language, garlic. It was just garlic and mosquitoes there. And that is the roughest city on the planet, and I been to every place in the world.
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I think Chicago's a great city. Like New York, it's full of energy.
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I'm aware me getting a role out of Chicago as a complete unknown is an insane anomaly, so I knew I'd have to get out here to L.A. as soon as the door opened.
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Food deserts on Chicago's South Side have shrunk some since 2006, and this has provided health benefits to the communities.
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Wal-Mart's slogan 'Save money, live better' promises a lot. So does its entrance into Chicago.
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We have a chance to do something special for Chicago and we are not taking that for granted.
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Chicago, we always had it. People just shied away because it's nothing businesswise from the industry. Everybody from Chi will go to N.Y.C. or L.A. - R. Kelly to Kanye to even Twista. Everybody is great from there, but it's nothing downtown.
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House is a big part of the rhythm in Chicago. I don't care if you're the most hood gangbanger - you understand house.
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I would never have become music director of the Chicago Symphony, which would have been an extremely sad loss.
