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Small: I love Chicago. Its such a great town, and its got great culture and great history, and its not as extreme as
"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, Actress
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Small: I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when
"I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives"
Rahm Emanuel, Politician
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Small: I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago
"I should add that I very much enjoy certain cities especially Paris, New York and Chicago"
Jim Harrison, Writer
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Small: Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the
"Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity"
Will McDonough, Writer
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Small: My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came
"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"
Henry Taube, Scientist
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Small: After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career
"After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career"
Ted Lindsay, Athlete
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Small: While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised
"While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago"
Rahm Emanuel, Politician
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Small: I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February
"I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February"
Gary Cole, Actor
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Small: This is not to be cocky, but, I go over real well at Comic-Con. Ive done quite a few Comic-Cons, and I enjoy t
Kristen Bell
"This is not to be cocky, but, I go over real well at Comic-Con. I've done quite a few Comic-Cons, and I enjoy the hell out of them. They are so much fun, and so bizarre. I've done the FX Show in Florida, Wizard-World in Chicago, Comic-Con in San Diego, Wonder-Con in San Francisco, the Comic-Con in New York, and I've done them numerous times"
Kristen Bell, Actress
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Small: I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago
"I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago"
Harvey Korman, Actor
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Small: Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all
"Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all love coming back. As soon as the TV show is over, I'll be back in Chicago, doing live theater"
William Petersen, Actor
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Small: When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Ang
"When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition"
Robert McChesney, Critic
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Small: On the way from Chicago, I spent the summer of 1947 in Ottawa, helping to build the first of a series of econo
"On the way from Chicago, I spent the summer of 1947 in Ottawa, helping to build the first of a series of econometric models for the Canadian government"
Lawrence R. Klein, Economist
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Small: I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. Its what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we mean
"I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking community of Chicago"
Sandra Cisneros, Author
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Small: I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted t
"I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years"
William Petersen, Actor
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Small: Ive done all of them except for Oprah. My shoes were on Oprah but they ran out of time so I wasnt on.
Matthew McGrory
"I've done all of them except for Oprah. My shoes were on Oprah but they ran out of time so I wasn't on. I left my shoes in Chicago so they could put them on the show"
Matthew McGrory, Actor
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Small: The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957
"The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957"
Vernon Jordan, Businessman
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Small: The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I jus
"The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater"
William Petersen, Actor
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Small: Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago
"Being Irish was a big thing for me, particularly growing up in Chicago"
Lara Flynn Boyle, Actress
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Small: My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so its refreshing and
"My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things"
Ted Allen, Entertainer
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Small: However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and Ive been a really enthu
"However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about"
Ted Allen, Entertainer
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Small: Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent deve
Katherine Dunham
"Aside from a few master teachers that we have had over the years, this has been a completely local talent development. But people have started to come now from Chicago, we have a number of students from Chicago and different places of the country and even in the world"
Katherine Dunham, Dancer
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Small: My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938
"My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938"
George Stigler, Economist
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Small: The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930s were ve
"The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly"
George Stigler, Economist
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Small: The puppet characters were combinations of people I had known and to some degree aspects of my own personality
"The puppet characters were combinations of people I had known and to some degree aspects of my own personality. Weird was based on someone I knew in Chicago. Dirty Dragon was based on a good friend I had in Indianapolis"
William Jackson
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Small: I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970
"I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970"
George Stigler, Economist
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Small: Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditio
"Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditions which economic theory said would yield a single price"
George Stigler, Economist
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Small: In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need
Colleen Atwood
"In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need"
Colleen Atwood, Designer
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Small: As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox o
Billy Corgan
"As a citizen of the great city of Chicago, I find it impossible to root against the White Sox. The White Sox organization has been much more consistent, in my lifetime at least, at putting a winning ballclub on the field"
Billy Corgan, Musician
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Small: My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was
Oprah Winfrey
"My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here"
Oprah Winfrey, Entertainer
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Small: Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only
Dave Barry
"Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent"
Dave Barry, Author
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Small: Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose
"Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose"
Nelson Algren, Novelist
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Small: I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college
"I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college"
Steve Albini, Musician
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Small: You know what they say about Chicago. If you dont like the weather, wait fifteen minutes
Ralph Kiner
"You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes"
Ralph Kiner, Athlete
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Small: Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the
"Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs"
Ishmael Reed, Poet
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Small: Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring
"Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring"
Nelson Algren, Novelist
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Small: We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ra
Quincy Jones
"We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother"
Quincy Jones, Musician
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Small: I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago
James Iha
"I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago"
James Iha, Musician
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Small: While at Chicago my interest in the new field of particle physics was stimulated by a course given by Gell- Ma
"While at Chicago my interest in the new field of particle physics was stimulated by a course given by Gell- Mann, who was developing his ideas about Strangeness at the time"
James Cronin, Physicist
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Small: My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student
"My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student"
James Cronin, Physicist
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