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

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

"In corporate levels, it's all about tailoring your shirt and which tennis club you belong to and which watch you are wearing and what did you shoot last week?"

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"I've never been in this business for the recognition or the awards. I just want to do good work, grab a decent paycheck, and move onto the next job."

"If I stayed a football player, my career would have been over 20 years ago. As it is, my knees are shot. I found I got the same good feeling in acting that I had in sports, but I found I could have a more profound impact on people."

"I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it."

"I won't miss Grissom. It was a complete life for me that's reached its end, and it's reached it in the right way, I think. So I won't miss Grissom. And I hope that the audience won't miss him either."

"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."

"We knew all along we were making a good show, so its success was not a surprise to me. What has surprised me is the magnitude of this show's success. More people see me now in one episode than saw me in 20 years of movies and theater!"
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