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"The number of great museums and nonprofits versus the number of corporate headquarters is incredibly out of whack."

"The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers."

"Everyone knows that our current system is kind of like legalized prostitution. The corporate sector completely controls the civic sector."

"You grow up a lot in terms of your understanding of the industry and how to deal with the corporate things."

"The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases."

"CDs, too. Totally corporate. They look real cheap and soulless and they don't smell of anything."

"Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on."
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"When we get involved in the ratings, then we're doing the network's job. We need to focus on our work."

"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."

"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."

"If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor."

"Sure, I always chose rebels to identify with - I still do - but to me a rebel isn't so much someone who breaks the law as someone who goes against the odds."

"Basically, we are a whole world of people desperately trying to figure out what is the dark side of our natures and how much can we explore without becoming something else."

"I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way."

"I've been telling anybody who would listen that I wanted to do a series for the last 10 years. But I wouldn't do it if I was just another cop pushing bad guys up against the wall."

"I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up."

"Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work."
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