Big plans, elaborate schemes and grand designs sort of messily bleeding into one another [have] created Chicago's reputation for rawness. But that rawness is just ambition-sometimes ambition run amuck-that has acquired a life of its own.


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Media and technology are our greatest assets. And yet, they are our most undervalued and underused a...
PAT MITCHELL
I spend a lot of time on college campuses, a lot of time mentoring young women in all sectors of bus...
PAT MITCHELL
TED Women isn't championing a cause; it's surfacing and sharing some of the most important i...
PAT MITCHELL
I think journalists and filmmakers are keen observers. And actors must also be sharp observers as th...
PAT MITCHELL
Investing in women and girls may once have been considered a radical notion or even a waste of resou...
PAT MITCHELL
TED Women will focus on the ideas and innovations championed by women and girls. These cover everyth...
PAT MITCHELL
Whenever you manage more than 100 attorneys, there's always going to be attorneys who believe th...
PAT MEEHAN
There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment ...
PAT MEEHAN
I would consider myself to be a moderate Republican, but more important than that, I believe our sys...
PAT MEEHAN
You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a litt...
PAT MEEHAN
I think I've had the opportunity to work for people because I wanted to and because I thought th...
PAT MEEHAN
Crim has baggage: expectation, history, responsibility.
PAT MASTELOTTO
I don't know of any plans to remaster the Mr Mister catalog.
PAT MASTELOTTO
I like tinkering with the tribe beat boxes and love using Reason as a beefed up beat box.
PAT MASTELOTTO
I love to play with Tony and Bill anytime, anywhere.
PAT MASTELOTTO
I think basically lables were more interested in a Richard Page record than a Mr. Mister record.
PAT MASTELOTTO
If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that reli...
PAT MASTELOTTO
My roots are more in he Beatles, Zeppelin, the whole 60's side.
PAT MASTELOTTO
Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
PAT MASTELOTTO
We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, a...
PAT MASTELOTTO
We're looking to help our guitar buddies do their thing while at the same time we try to create ...
PAT MASTELOTTO
I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
PAT MASTELOTTO
My drumming is always an experiment.
PAT MASTELOTTO