Damon Runyon Quotes
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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You wear fur, it's like you trying to be something you not. You get fur, you can spend the same money on like, 30 jackets.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward full European integration.
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I was very much aware that we still had to get safely back down the mountain again and that was quite an important factor. I really felt the most excitement when we finally got to the bottom of the mountain again and it was all behind us.
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It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.
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It's nowhere near as intense as what I imagine an actor experiences backstage, but I feel a fluttering nervousness before a curtain goes up on a play. I mean, any play, anywhere - on Broadway or the Bowery or in a church basement.
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My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.
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We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.
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I went and worked for my dad after school. I'd show up late and stuff like that.
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I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer.
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Games are work. There are economies popping up in games now because people value them.
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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
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Rappers aren't the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone's business to be super wealthy.
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It's always intimidating to meet an icon.
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Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He's great at playing that 'I'm the only one sane in the world' character.
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The first observation of cancer cells in the smear of the uterine cervix gave me one of the greatest thrills I ever experienced during my scientific career.
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In His will, our peace.
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See how special you are? I serve you coffee in the parlor.
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I want to be with people who submerge in the task, who go into the fields to harvest and work in a row and pass the bags along, who are not parlor generals and field deserters but move in a common rhythm when the food must come in or the fire be put out. The work of the world is common as mud. Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust. But the thing worth doing well done has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
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Damon Runyon. A day-coach boy in a parlor car seat.
