“The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby.”

—  Jean Drapeau

Quoted in Why Chicago didn’t want the Olympics, by Edward McClelland http://www.salon.com/2009/10/02/chicago_olympics/

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former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1954-1957,1960-1986) 1916–1999

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