Quotes by Illinois I went to the graduation the other night of my first great grandchild - he's 21 or 22; and right at the graduation I looked, and 92 percent of those who graduated at the University of Illinois were females. Where can a Black female, who are now the lawyers, the engineers; they are the ones graduating with top degrees; where will they find in a Black male a counterpart that is equal to them? We are filling the jails, we are filling the prisons. Louis Farrakhan illinois grandchildren night I used to race at the YMCA in Crystal Lake, Illinois, they used to have a dirt track there, and there was also a track near Rockford, Illinois, that I would go to. Matt Skiba illinois race lakes Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of education our children are receiving because they had not expected me to ask them about it. Melissa Bean illinois quality children I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no. Natasha Leggero raised illinois catholic I'm old enough, I remember when Richard Nixon had the election stolen in 1960. And no serious historian doubts that Illinois and Texas were stolen. Newt Gingrich illinois texas doubt I first read Wendell Berry's short-story collections, "Fidelity" and then "Watch with Me." They just knocked my socks off. The characters and the fellowship of the small town reminded me of my own small town in Illinois.Then I discovered that, much like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, that all of Berry's fiction was centered in this same town. Nick Offerman illinois character watches I grew up among farmers in Illinois and so you always have to have the tools you might need in the eventuality of a flat tire or a broken window. Nick Offerman illinois broken might My uncles, who are farmers in Minooka, Illinois - I grew up with them and their pickup trucks and mustaches, and to me that was masculinity: big hairy sweaty guys who could pick up a bus. Nick Offerman illinois uncles guy I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get. Patrick Stump illinois california giving-up I have lectured at Town Hall N.Y., The Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Wellesley, Columbia, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana State University, Colorado, Stanford, and scores of other places. Paul Engle library illinois yale To my great disappointment, it appears that the politics of division are making a big comeback. Many Americans share my disappointment - especially those who were filled with great hope a few years ago, when then-Senator Obama announced his candidacy in Springfield, Illinois. Paul Ryan illinois disappointment years The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Robert Dold illinois space people Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability to make friends and find mentors. Ron Fournier mentor illinois might If I'd gotten the job I wanted at Montgomery Ward, I suppose I would never have left Illinois. Ronald Reagan illinois simple jobs I grew up in Glen Ellyn, which is about 20 miles west of Chicago. I attended Glenbard South High School and University of Illinois. I didn't study acting until I moved to Los Angeles after college, but the fact that I was raised in the Chicago area set the stage for all of my comedic and acting sensibilities. Ryan McPartlin illinois college school I was born in 1970 in Illinois, but all the life I remember I've spent in Chapel Hill, N.C. Sarah Dessen hills illinois remember Here I am, a Palestinian Arab who only knows how to write in Hebrew, stuck in central Illinois. Sayed Kashua illinois here-i-am writing There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois. Scott Walker starks wisconsin illinois Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit downgrades and negative outlooks. Scott Walker illinois leader reality Five states - Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina - have been identified by the EPA as contributing significantly to Rhode Island pollution. As of 2010, 284 tall smokestacks - stacks over 500 feet - were operating in the United States: needles injecting poison into the atmosphere. Sheldon Whitehouse rhode-island illinois islands «12345»
