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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They don't like anyone who isn't Korean, and they don't like each other all that much, either. They're hardheaded, hard-drinking, tough little bastards, 'the Irish of Asia'.
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Mine enemy is growing old,- I have at last revenge. The palate of the hate departs; If any would avenge,-Let him be quick, the viand flits, It is a faded meat. Anger as soon as fed is dead; ’T is starving makes it fat.
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When I got to MIT, I discovered a really interesting Master's program called the Science and Technology and Policy Program - it taught people with a background in STEM how to think about science and tech from a policy perspective. It was a great way to understand how to communicate science to a policymaker or a layperson.
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When you have a situation that's destructive, when there's tremendous inhumanity everywhere, you see how humanity survives in all of its different permutations.
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Sometimes the proprietors of the little juke joints gave me a couple dollars. I loved that. I'd go back next Saturday.
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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.
