Quotes of Illinois - somelinesforyou

“ Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois. ”

- Dick Durbin

“ In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday… ”

- William Lyon Phelps

“ When I got out of the army I went to college, and I got a Bachelor's degree in English, and then I went to University, and I got a master's degree in English. Because I thought I wanted to teach English. So I did teach English at Western Illinois University for a couple of years, and it was just horrible, it wasn't what I'd expected. ”

- John Mahoney

“ My early influences I'd say were, well, just about all the old great masters like Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, naturally Charlie Parker and quite a few others that are still around like Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Illinois Jacquet and of course my great friend Dexter Gordon. ”

- Sam Rivers
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