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Barack Obama Politician
Chicago

"I have seen, the desperation and disorder of the powerless: how it twists the lives of children on the streets of Jakarta or Nairobi in much the same way as it does the lives of children on Chicago 's South Side."

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Ernest Hemingway Novelist
Chicago

"I had seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious had no glory and the sacrifices were like the stockyards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it."

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Ted Allen Chef
Chicago

"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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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
Chicago

"When you feel like tellin a feller to go to the devil - tell him to go to Chicago - it'll anser every purpose, and is perhaps, a leetle more expensive."

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King Louie Musician
Chicago

"I was born out west but later on I migrated to the east side of Chicago. That's where my roots are at. I've been over east for more than ten years."

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Bill Murray Actor, Comedian
Chicago

"Chicago actors are hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They're self-demanding."

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