543 Chicago Quotes for You to Enjoy

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages. Rudyard Kipling

City See Struck Never Call Real Chicago Again Urgently Inhabited Desire Savages

I have two homes, like someone who leaves their hometown and/or parents and then establishes a life elsewhere. They might say that they're going home when they return to see old friends or parents, but then they go home as well when they go to where they live now. Sarajevo is home, Chicago is home. Aleksandar Hemon

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Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country. Bob Barr

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There's no way in the world I can feel the same blues the way I used to. When I play in Chicago, I'm playing up-to-date, not the blues I was born with. People should hear the pure blues - the blues we used to have when we had no money. Muddy Waters

People World Money Pure Way Born Had Feel Hear Chicago Up-To-Date Same Blues Should Used Play Playing

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

Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army. John Belushi

Army Back Out Staying About Rock Rock-N-Roll Chicago Roll Cared

I'm a trained fine artist. I went to art school from the time I was 5 years old. I was, like, a prodigy out of Chicago. I'd been in national competitions from the age of 14. Kanye West

Art Time Age School Old National Out Fine Like Been Years Chicago Art School Trained Artist Prodigy Competitions

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

Day First September Down City Foot Knew Like Motherland Chicago Walking Just Just Walking Roots Street Belonged Here Set

Dear Chicago, when I wake up in the morning and see your skyline - the terra cotta of the Wrigley Building, the height of the Willis Tower, the shiny sides of my beloved Trump Tower - I know I'm home. I feel a certain energy walking between your spires, but recognize that what makes you special to me is that my roots are here. Bill Rancic

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Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America. Dave Grohl

Music Me Other Gave City More Chicago Than America Any

My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago. George Gobel

Uncle Drunk Town Chicago Lived

Dr. King said, 'We are all tied together in a garment of mutual destiny.' Which says to me no matter how well I may be doing in Hollywood, if a young brother or sister in Louisiana, the South Bronx, the South Side of Chicago, South Central Los Angeles - is not doing well, then I'm not doing very well. Hill Harper

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The first time I went to Chicago was on a family road trip. We had our dog with us, and when we hit Chicago, I couldn't believe how many people kept coming up to us, telling us how handsome our dog was! He's a Rottweiler-Australian Shepherd mix, and he is a good-looking dog, but obviously Chicago is very dog-friendly. Hong Chau

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I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking. Jay Leno

Saw Until Cubs October Chicago Chicago Cubs Realize Choking

When I first started out, being from the South and going to New York or Chicago, people kept telling me to get voice lessons and 'lose that stupid accent you got.' And I'm like, 'Well, where I come from, you have the stupid accent.' Jeff Foxworthy

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I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can... The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease. Jeremy Piven

Beautiful Heart Down Ease Cities City Unbelievably More Beats Feel Greatest Chicago Get Place Much Planet Differently

I have really fond memories of growing up in Chicago, and I always love going back. I still have a lot of really good friends from high school that I go to dinner with. It's kind of become a tradition when I go out there to do a show to give a few friends a call, tell some funny stories about high school and walk down memory lane. Kaskade

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I was a Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan fan growing up. LeBron James

Jordan Bulls Chicago Up Michael Michael Jordan Fan Growing Growing Up

I grew up on the Southside of Chicago. What people don't realize is that my father was a multimillionaire who owned 12 hotels, motels, a steel mill, a radio station, a club, nursing home, and a law office. So I think it's safe to say I'm a little above middle class and I'm a daddy's girl. LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

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For me, I never wore my religion on my sleeve, you know what I'm saying? I never put myself out there as Lupe Fiasco, he's Muslim, he's from Chicago, he likes to ride a skateboard. Lupe Fiasco

Saying Myself Religion Me You Ride Sleeve Out Muslim Never He Put Know Likes Chicago Fiasco Skateboard Wore

New York is the place where they bind books and write blurbs and arrange the publicity and print the galleys... But Chicago is the place where the book is lived out before it is bound and the song is sung before it is recorded. Nelson Algren

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. Quincy Jones

Depression Heart Black Black And White White Every Too Ghetto Also Practically Block Were Chicago America Biggest Ground Gangster

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