"Manhattan cabs are born old."

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Source : Jean Shepherd (2010). “The Ferrari in the Bedroom”, p.78, Broadway Books

Jean Shepherd

#New York Quotes #Manhattan Quotes #Born Quotes

“There's a right way and a wrong way to do things. If you make a chair, you want to make a nice chair. You want people to admire it. I think doing something well is a form of respect for humanity in general. I have found that all incompetence comes from not paying attention, which comes from people doing something that they don't want to do. And doing what you don't want to do means either you have no choice, or you don't think that the moments of your life are worth fighting for.”
“No democracy is born perfect, and none ever gets to be perfect. Yet democracy is superior to authoritarian and totalitarian regimes because, unlike them, democracy is perfectible.”
“In the late-'80s, there was a big push to make American football big in Scotland. The Super Bowl was on TV, but it didn't really catch on. When I was a kid, though, I became a big Miami Dolphins fan. I don't really know why - I just liked the logo, I guess. I didn't really know what was going on.”

Source : "Today" Interview, www.today.com. Ocotber 1, 2007.
“I don't want to become unhealthily attached to what I do. I'm grateful for what I do, but I also want to be able to be OK when I'm not doing it.”
“I've always dabbled. I've always nearly written a book, I've always tried painting, I've always tried to make something out of ideas, really. It was never a plan. I never thought, "Right. First I'll get famous, and then I'll do a book.”
“Nature never breaks her own laws.”
“We love death more than you love life.”
“People who wish to go into the future should have two skills to succeed - the ability to deal with people and the ability to sell.”

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