Jimmy Breslin Quotes
I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I'd never take a job in a place where you couldn't throw cigarette butts on the floor. I was hooked on this writing for newspapers and magazines.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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'YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosophy really revolves around how to help users, from a massive video database, finds what's best and what's cool.
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked.
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It is up to God to reveal a religion, but up to us to understand and realise it.
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I've been reading titles from IDW for probably as long as they've been in existence. 'Ninja Turtles' is one of my all-time favorite properties ever. I also love, love, love 'Locke & Key.' I also love some of the things they do with pre-existing properties like 'Transformers' and 'Ghostbusters.'
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All we talk about is 'Islamic terrorism.' If the two words are associated for long enough it's obviously going to have an effect on how people think about Muslims.
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You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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You have to stay alert. You've got to keep raising your game.
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John Paul was the first modern pope to grow up in a secular culture: He attended public schools, danced with girls - indeed, as a teenager he had a crush on a beautiful Jewish girl who fled his hometown just ahead of the arrival of the Germans.
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Men need to live and breathe women.
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My life is basically a big chunk of greatness.
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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.
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The Internet has become a tool to pick on people and ruin someone's life. I don't think parents realize what's going on. Just because you're not at school doesn't mean kids aren't harassing you on the computer.
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If I want to shoot my daily look, I just put it on Instagram - not on the Web site.
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I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I'd never take a job in a place where you couldn't throw cigarette butts on the floor. I was hooked on this writing for newspapers and magazines.
