If yelling and threatening, intimidating and chanting solved problems, Illinois wouldn't have any problems. We're good at that stuff. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can't be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They're probably… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The great example, the killer example in history, is of course Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator. Read his speeches. Read the debates.… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Although the only way that I'm well known at Illinois State is that I am the "grammar Nazi." And so any student… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
But, also, before I even go on the Medicare prescription drug debate, I always tell the folks in rural Illinois, and I… — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
I'm among the first girls ever to play Little League baseball, and to my knowledge, the very first in western Illinois. It… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a senator from Illinois. I was obsessed with politics. My dad was friends with a lot of local… — Ike Barinholtz Copy Share Image
I first read Wendell Berry's short-story collections, "Fidelity" and then "Watch with Me." They just knocked my socks off. The characters and… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I went to the graduation the other night of my first great grandchild - he's 21 or 22; and right at the… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
The sun is a huntress young, The sun is a red, red joy, The sun is an Indian girl, Of the tribe… — Vachel Lindsay Copy Share Image
A citizen at his home in Rockford, Illinois, or Boulder, Colorado, could read a newspaper, listen to a radio, or watch the… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Marg Helgenberger and I were waitresses in the same restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. I'm happy to say that that restaurant has since… — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
Illinois corn farmers are the Nation's number two exporter of feed grains. — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Things like this don't happen back in Libertyville, Illinois. You don't get lost in the woods behind your house. You don't get… — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
I used to race at the YMCA in Crystal Lake, Illinois, they used to have a dirt track there, and there was… — Matt Skiba Copy Share Image
The people of Illinois sent me to Springfield to end the era of unbalanced budgets and runaway debt. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
I grew up in Illinois. If you were in Chicago, you were a Democrat. You get out to the suburbs and central… — Richard Painter Copy Share Image
There are plenty of examples of very wealthy people who have run for office and failed, certainly in Illinois. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
I think I started realizing I was losing my hair when I was in Illinois. And it was traumatic. It was not… — Stephen Tobolowsky Copy Share Image
Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer. — John O'Hara Copy Share Image
The Illinois Senate passed a bill on Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana. The bill was passed after the state senator said, 'Come… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois. — Bruce Rauner Copy Share Image
From a young age, I wanted to play in the NBA. Oh well... It was when I was a senior in college… — Steve James Copy Share Image
Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to work with state and local leaders and… — Jerry Costello Copy Share Image
We go through life so fast and we never really get to enjoy moments. It seems like they go past us...Tonight I… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
Thank you to the readers of the 'Huffington Post' for voting me the 'Hottest Freshman' of the 111th Congress. It's about time… — Aaron Schock Copy Share Image
Tax reform and expanded trade are going to be so important to the economy of Illinois, particularly the 11th Congressional District, which… — Jerry Weller Copy Share Image
When I was seven or eight years old, I began to read the science-fiction magazines that were brought by guests into my… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Our prayers at this time are prompted by the fact that the Governor of Illinois today is signing into Illinois law the… — Thomas J. Paprocki Copy Share Image
Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with… — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, my uncle, who went to the races quite a bit, got me interested. Then when I… — Kenny Troutt Copy Share Image
From the air, Vatican City looked like a marble Monopoly set. The Church owned all the property from Broadwalk to Illinois Avenue,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
My father owned a music store when I was growing up in Rock Falls, Illinois. He could play all the instruments, which… — Louie Bellson Copy Share Image
One of the things I love about working with my brother is that there's a commitment there - an unwavering commitment. From… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
We may continue to expect the enjoyment of all the blessings of civil and religious liberty, guaranteed by the Constitution. The citizens… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
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