#ago

I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city. ↗

— John Green

#chicago #city #favorite #first #i

'Will Grayson, Will Grayson' is about two guys named Will Grayson who live in different Chicago suburbs who eventually meet each other. ↗

— John Green

#chicago #different #each #eventually #guys

Three or four years ago, I got really caught up in the movies people were making, the opportunities they were getting, and I was looking at them with bitterness. ↗

— Seth Green

#bitterness #caught #four #getting #got

If you look at the sponsors who were in the sport 15 years ago compared to now there are a lot fewer. Why? Because those runners who took drugs tainted the sport. They tainted all of us in it. ↗

— Maurice Greene

#because #compared #fewer #look #lot

You're talking to somebody who two years ago couldn't figure out how to use e-mail and who now has carpal tunnel. It has totally changed in that these films would not be getting out to people the way they're getting out without the Internet. ↗

— Robert Greenwald

#changed #e-mail #figure #films #getting

One of the books we read a few years ago that had a big effect on us was Repeated Takes by Michael Chanan. ↗

— Colin Greenwood

#big #books #effect #few #had

Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds. ↗

— Colin Greenwood

#ago #different #different sounds #important #looking

I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you'd have to put that into better English for me, thank you - they would have been like a banjo orchestra. They would have been doing show tunes. ↗

— Jonny Greenwood

#back #banjo #beatles #been #better

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#chicago #country #duty #looked #most

On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of a tree seen in the clear water under the boat was the only evidence of its existence; though a few hours ago it had formed so prominent an object. ↗

— George Grey

#boat #clear #could #down #embarking