"My dad was kind of a pool shark and had a Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin thing going on. I've always been fascinated by the fifties because of him. There was a hip, cool, anything-goes atmosphere back then, but looking good was still a priority."

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Source : "In Search Of Dylan McDermott". www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

Dylan McDermott

#Dad Quotes #Sharks Quotes #Priorities Quotes

“When what is is congruent to what is supposed, the reaction is functional and the mental processes competent. When what is and what is supposed have nothing to do with each other, the choice of reactions is random. Something tears.”
“The truth is sometimes a poor competitor in the market place of ideas â€“ complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas, always vulnerable to misinterpretation and abuse.”
“There is no wealth but life.”
“I got picked on a lot. I was a complete geek in school. I had braces. I didn't have the hot girlfriend. I wasn't ever sought after. I was a stocky, awkward kid who got laughed off the tennis court when I tried that.”
“To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.”
“I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.”
“The most reserved of men, that will not exchange two syllables together in an English coffee-house, should they meet at Ispahan, would drink sherbet and eat a mess of rice together.”
“Looking, acting, and ultimately being Prep is not restricted to an elite minority lucky enough to attend prestigious private schools, just because an ancestor or two happened to arrive here on the Mayflower. You don't even have to be a registered Republican.”

Source : Lisa Birnbach (1980). “The official preppy handbook”, Workman Publishing

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