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"There are enough Poles in Chicago to make up one of the largest cities in Poland."

"I think that unless you grew up in New York or Chicago or Los Angeles, you're sheltered."

"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."

"After that, I started going downtown and doing a lot of theater shows in Chicago. When you go downtown there, it's like you're in New York, it's like going to Broadway."

"I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!"

"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."

"Chicago is a city of contradictions, of private visions haphazardly overlaid and linked together."
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"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."

"I used to love Woody Allen but feel he's become a hack as a director. Bullets Over Broadway is the only film of his I've enjoyed in the last 10 years."

"That said, I should also add that I learned a great deal from being allowed in these privileged circles and am grateful for the opportunity to have worked closely with some of the most powerful and successful people in the business including Steven Spielberg and Ted Turner."

"I am a big fan of the TV series Taxi which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen."

"I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust."

"I love all of Albert Brooks' work from Defending Your Life back to his first film, Real Life, but am sorry that he seems to have lost his edge in his more recent work."
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