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		When I am president, I will work to ensure that all of our kids are treated equally and protected equally. Every action I take, I will ask myself, 'Does this make life better for young Americans in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Ferguson, who have as much of a right to live out their dreams as any other child America?'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Donald Trump
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Writing-wise, I started when I was 17. Whatever was bothering me, I could just write about it in a song. I was in the west suburbs of Chicago, then I moved an hour south, and then I went to school up on the South Side - Saint Xavier, though I was at Purdue for a second before I dropped out.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kiara Saulters
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jane Byrne
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I'm going to go out and try to be the best player I can be and help the Chicago Bears win.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Brian Griese
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		It was the third fight. They had both been beaten. If the fight was as significant as it may seem in hindsight, it wouldn't have been held in Manila. It would have been the Thrilla in Chicago.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Larry Merchant
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I haven't touched a piece of meat since I read a graphic description of Chicago's slaughterhouses when I was 12.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Christie Brinkley
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
		
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		I've been very engaged in Illinois and Chicago civic activities for a long time; mostly around building businesses and helping entrepreneurs grow companies, but also around education and education reform.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bruce Rauner
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Laura Ricketts
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I was always very curious about what a scientist's life was like when I was young. Of course, when I was young, you didn't have very many opportunities to find out with no web, TV. I was very lucky: I was born in the city of Chicago and went to the University of Chicago where I actually saw things.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				James D. Watson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I love Chicago, but in a lot of ways it's a disappointment. You can work there for years and years, and because you're in Chicago, you don't get the recognition. It has some of the best theater in the country, but when they shoot a movie there, they bring in all their actors.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				John Malkovich
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		During 'Chicago Hope,' I never let directors talk to me, because I was so spoiled. I started off with people like Milos Forman, Sidney Lumet, James Lapine, unbelievably gifted people. So there I was, saying, 'Don't talk to me, I don't want your opinion.' I behaved abominably.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mandy Patinkin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Well, my piano's really beautiful. I actually have two pianos. I have a Yamaha upright from the '60s that's blond, wood, and black, and I also have one from the '20s from Chicago - not a well-known brand or anything.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Zooey Deschanel