"I am here before you tonight to dedicate this administration to bringing a new renaissance of neighborhood life and community spirit, a renewal of confidence in the future of our city and a revival of opportunity for all Chicago."

-- Jane Byrne

#Opportunity Quotes #Cities Quotes #Community Quotes

“France generates a significant part of its energy requirements from fission reactors and these have achieved a perfect safety record. We build ours all differently.”
“The dog of your boyhood teaches you a great deal about friendship, and love, and death: Old Skip was my brother. They had buried him under our elm tree, they said-yet this wasn't totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.”
“Is it every man and woman's curse to want it all and only get ten percent of it? Or do we ask too much?”

Source : Lorna Landvik (1999). “Patty Jane's House of Curl”, Ivy Books
“I don't know if I like being the sentimental favorite.”
“People always tell me I'm too modest, and that I'm allowed to tell myself now and then that I'm good at something. Well okay then, the bathroom is very (beautiful) clean right now.”
“When I'm onstage doing standup, no one yells "Cut!" or tells me what to do. I'm DeRay, and I use my own words. With acting, you're portraying a character with someone else's words. Still, you definitely want to inject a little of yourself into every role.”

Source : Source: www.theskanner.com
“I honestly, sincerely love what I do.”
“What makes you so certain?" "But I am not certain," I told him. "Nothing is certain. You want certainty?" "Yes!" "Then you want death.”

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