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"His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen."
Nancy Sinatra
"His last 2 shows in the U.S. were in Chicago and St. Louis. I don't know what made me go on the trip with him, but I'm so very glad I did. They were two of the finest concerts I've ever seen."
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"When I got to Chicago I had to find my way."
Luther Allison
"When I got to Chicago I had to find my way."
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"My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's."
Shelley Berman
"My first job was at a Chicago night club called Mr. Kelly's."
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"In 1971 I returned to the University of Chicago as Professor of Physics."
James Cronin
"In 1971 I returned to the University of Chicago as Professor of Physics."
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"And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets."
Sun Ra
"And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets."
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"I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states."
Raquel Welch
"I was asked to come to Chicago because Chicago is one of our fifty-two states."
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"Chicago - a pompous Milwaukee."
Leonard L. Levinson
"Chicago - a pompous Milwaukee."
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"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!"
Ted Allen
"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!"
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"There are enough Poles in Chicago to make up one of the largest cities in Poland."
Suzanne Fields
"There are enough Poles in Chicago to make up one of the largest cities in Poland."
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"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
"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."
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"I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days."
Jeffrey Donovan
"I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days."
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"In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side."
Luther Allison
"In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side."
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"A Chicago alderman once confessed he needed physical exercise but didn't like jogging, because in that sport you couldn't hit anyone."
Andrew H. Malcolm
"A Chicago alderman once confessed he needed physical exercise but didn't like jogging, because in that sport you couldn't hit anyone."
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"I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago."
Harvey Korman
"I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago."
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"I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style hell, they're all Jelly Roll style."
Jelly Roll Morton
"I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style hell, they're all Jelly Roll style."
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"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
"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."
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"I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February."
Gary Cole
"I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February."
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"I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago."
James Iha
"I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago."
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"I did a lot of theater in the South side of Chicago."
Kel Mitchell
"I did a lot of theater in the South side of Chicago."
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"My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago."
George Gobel
"My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago."
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"I think that unless you grew up in New York or Chicago or Los Angeles, you're sheltered."
Jordana Brewster
"I think that unless you grew up in New York or Chicago or Los Angeles, you're sheltered."
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"So, We're really L.A. based with a secondary base in Chicago."
James Young
"So, We're really L.A. based with a secondary base in Chicago."
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"I was knocked out by the show, Chicago."
Huey Lewis
"I was knocked out by the show, Chicago."
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"I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college."
Steve Albini
"I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college."
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"Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring."
Nelson Algren
"Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring."
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"I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen."
Robin Tunney
"I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen."
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"It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters."
Alice Hamilton
"It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and in many Italian and Irish tenements, or that any workshops could be worse than some of those I had seen in our foreign quarters."
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"The studio that we mix in is still in Chicago."
James Young
"The studio that we mix in is still in Chicago."
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"You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner."
Helmut Jahn
"You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner."
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"Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio."
Mel Torme
"Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio."
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"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."
Lionel Hampton
"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s."
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"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."
Kel Mitchell
"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."
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"Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose."
Nelson Algren
"Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose."
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"Chicago is a city of contradictions, of private visions haphazardly overlaid and linked together."
Pat Colander
"Chicago is a city of contradictions, of private visions haphazardly overlaid and linked together."
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"I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston."
Douglas Wood
"I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston."
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"Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas."
Dennis Franz
"Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas."
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"I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops."
Tim Meadows
"I've never been arrested. I've been stopped, searched and had a gun put to my head by the Chicago cops."
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"In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport."
Dick Gregory
"In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport."
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"Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world."
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world."
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"In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record."
Steve Albini
"In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record."
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"Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago."
Ashley Montagu
"Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago."
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"Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago."
Nichelle Nichols
"Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago."
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"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
"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."
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