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"It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows her prophecies faster than she can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time." —Mark Twain
"I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work." —Michael Douglas
"Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood." —Norman Mailer
"Once you've come to be a part of this particular patch, you'll never love another. Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real." —Nelson Algren
"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
"I have struck a city—a real city—and they call it Chicago… Having seen it, I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages." —Rudyard Kipling
"Being a [Chicago]Cubsfan prepares you for life—andWashington."—Hillary Clinton
"Chicago—is—oh well afaçadeofskyscrapersfacing a lake, and behind the façade every type of dubiousness. "—E. M. Forster
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"Chicagois a sort of journalisticYellowstone Park,offeringhavento a last herd of fantastic bravos. "—Ben Hecht
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"[Chicago] is the greatest and most typicallyAmericanof all cities.New Yorkis bigger and more spectacular and can outmatch it in other superlatives, but it is a “world” city, moreEuropeanin some respects than American. "—John Gunther
"Being born and raised inChicagomade me tough. It made me strong. I feel like I can deal with anything. I truly believe that in my heart. "—Shani Davis
"Chicagogave me more music than any other city in America. "—Dave Grohl
"You can put it on the Board, Yes!"—Ken "Hawk" Harrelson
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