"(Chicago is) the only major city in the country where you can easily buy your way out of a murder rap."

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Source : Nelson Algren (2011). “The Man with the Golden Arm: 50th Anniversary Critical Edition”, p.369, Seven Stories Press

Nelson Algren

#Country Quotes #Rap Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.”
“Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.”
“Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often donâ€™t know who you are, which is why they kill you.”

Source : Mike Birbiglia (2012). “Sleepwalk with Me: And Other Painfully True Stories”, p.77, Simon and Schuster
“Never expect, never presume, always work hard and always be true to who you are.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 10, 2011
“Say I'm a bird! Say it! Say it now!" "You're a bird." "Now say you're a bird too." "If you're a bird, I'm a bird.”
“Students who don't want to get anywhere are sure to get somewhere.”
“I been stackin up like I'm fundraisin”
“By the time one is eighty, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims of the other months. All is at last in balance and all is serene. The gardener is usually dead, of course.”

Source : Henry Mitchell (2003). “The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardening”, p.25, Indiana University Press

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