Jimmy Breslin Quotes
I don't know any other columnists, and I don't know what they do. I work the single! And nobody does what I do, anyway.
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I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
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In a modern loft, you can't just fill a space with furniture. Each piece has to be perfect.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I didn't know if I was going to be hired full time or not. At the beginning, I was sort of hired as a part time, on and off guy. When I first got hired - it was August 2006 - and I was working on and off, and they'd call me whenever.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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I loved 'White Christmas' for the music aspect. I was into musical theater.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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I only started playing piano because I had chickenpox when I was about 14 and wasn't allowed to play my drums for a whole week... We had a piano in the house, so I just sat down and played that instead.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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My hope is that in the future, women stop referring to themselves as 'the only woman' in their physics lab or 'only one of two' in their computer science jobs.
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I think that with the proliferation of writing programs, people tend to forget that you also have to get used to working alone, and you have to be your own support.
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I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.
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I've never wanted to name an album from a song title if I could avoid it because I like it to be a body of work.
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I don't know any other columnists, and I don't know what they do. I work the single! And nobody does what I do, anyway.
