"I've reported murders, scandals, marriages, premieres and national political conventions. I've been amused, intrigued, outraged, enthralled and exasperated by Chicago. And I've come to love this American giant, viewing it as the most misunderstood, most underrated city in the world. There is none other quite like my City of Big Shoulders."

-- Irv Kupcinet

#Cities Quotes #Political Quotes #Misunderstood Quotes

“Art stands in opposition to all the bad things that happen in life, which is where physicians stand. That's what doctors do-affirm life. And that's what artists do.”
“Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.”

Source : Jeremy COLLIER (the Nonjuror.), J. E. (1838). “Pearls of Great Price: or, Maxims, reflections, characters and thoughts, on miscellaneous subjects ... Selected from the works of the Rev. Jeremy Collier by the editor of “Sir William Jones's Discourses,” etc. [The editor's preface signed: J. E., i.e. James Elmes.]”, p.101
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“I wouldn't do the music thing if it weren't for my brother, who's a producer. He understands me and helps my vision come to life.”
“I am on the longest, craziest journey of my life and loving every minute of it! Who would have known a few plants would take you around the world!”
“I know all the problems of the schools. They're rigid, they're bureaucratic, they've got a lot of problems. But it's such an important institution, and holds such promise.”

Source : Interview with Ruth Conniff for The Progressive Magazine, 2002.
“One of the great pressures we're facing in journalism now is it's a lot cheaper to hire thumb suckers and pundits and have talk shows on the air than actually have bureaus and reporters”
“If two people are meant to be together, nothing can keep them apart.”

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