#ago

Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#am #because #bottom #bottom line #business

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose. ↗

— Nelson Algren

#chicago #like #loving #nose #woman

In some ways, September 11, 2001, seems a long time ago. Yet we have done so much in only a few years, and we will continue to do so in the future, to prevent such attacks on America. ↗

— George Allen

#america #attacks #continue #done #few

A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire' magazine, so had been coming to New York City regularly and thought I'd catch a cheap flight, crash on a friend's sofa and do this hilarious audition that I had no chance of winning. ↗

— Ted Allen

#audition #been #casting #catch #chance

My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things. ↗

— Ted Allen

#contemporary #fun #house #i #like

In the States, it takes you a lifetime just to get from Chicago's South Side to the West Side. ↗

— Luther Allison

#get #just #lifetime #side #south

America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#america #few #great #just #newspapers

Back 20 years ago, I was recording with Bruce Springsteen, and his producer called me and said I had to be in the studio the next day to finish the sessions, and I couldn't. I had to be in court, in California. All this took like 10 years out of my life. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#back #bruce #bruce springsteen #california #called

We went to Big Sur about three years ago and hung out at the Esalen Institute. ↗

— Jeff Ament

#ago #big #hung #institute #out

The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

#act #again #ballroom #choice #church