"Men in the uniform of Wall Street retirement: black Chesterfield coat, rimless glasses and the Times folded to the obituary page.."

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Source : Jimmy Breslin (1969). “The gang that couldn't shoot straight”, Viking Adult

Jimmy Breslin

#Retirement Quotes #Wall Quotes #Glasses Quotes

“All animals are born with innocence, curiosity and love.”
“I think every day there is some new actress comes out and inspires me to do something else... like Hilary Swank. After she did Boys Don't Cry, I felt this yearning to go out and be even half as good as she was.”
“We make a mistake to condescend to the past as if it were preparatory to our own time.”
“I knew that the Mets had never had a no-hitter. I never had one. This is very special. I knew this means a lot to New York.”

Source : "Johan Santana: No Hitter Makes Him a 'Hero' in Mets History" by Adry Torres, www.foxnews.com. June 2, 2012.
“We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.”
“I haven't got a heart: only the former site of one, with a monument there to say that it has been removed and the area it occupied turned into a public garden, in pursuance of the slum-clearance scheme.”
“¡Lástima que el Amor un diccionario no tenga donde hallar cuándo el orgullo es simplemente orgullo y cuándo es dignidad! What a shame that love has no dictionary in which to ascertain when pride is simply pride and when it's 'dignity'!”
“Your average white liberal might agree with social justice in principle, and yet live quite comfortably as a "winner" in a nation whose social institutions - characterized by political exclusion, exploitation, and unequal access to resources - have systematically made others lose out. But here's the thing. Maybe it's time to get uncomfortable and upset. Maybe those feelings can be acted upon.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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