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Jimmy Breslin Quotes

I’m on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know Picture Quote #1

What you want to do is not go to work. You’re not missing a thing. The worst thing I did was start work young Picture Quote #1

Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man’s neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and it is thrown overboard. The man invariably follows Picture Quote #1

Don’t try to tell Namath’s people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don’t even know the name. In fact, with the young, you can forget all of baseball. The sport is gone. But if you ever have seen Ruth, and then you see Namath, you know there is very little difference Picture Quote #1

Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence? Picture Quote #1

That’s the horrible thing starting out, you get distracted a lot because anything is easier than writing. It’s just the same enemy - blank paper Picture Quote #1

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Marvelous Marv was holding down first base. This is like saying Willie Sutton works at your bank Picture Quote #1

True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is not likely to be interesting Picture Quote #1

I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I’d never take a job in a place where you couldn’t throw cigarette butts on the floor. I was hooked on this writing for newspapers and magazines Picture Quote #1

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him Picture Quote #1

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks Picture Quote #1

Anything that isn’t writing is easy Picture Quote #1

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The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover Picture Quote #1

I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories Picture Quote #1

Don’t call me a journalist; I hate the word. It’s pretentious! Picture Quote #1

Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility Picture Quote #1

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy Picture Quote #1

Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets Picture Quote #1

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Don’t trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover Picture Quote #1

Media, the plural of mediocrity Picture Quote #1

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal Picture Quote #1

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money Picture Quote #1

Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me Picture Quote #1

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest Picture Quote #1

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Politics: where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage Picture Quote #1

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place Picture Quote #1

Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man’s neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and it is thrown overboard. The man invariably follows Picture Quote #1

All political power is primarily an illusion. Illusion. Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors, first a thin veil of blue smoke, then a thick cloud that suddenly dissolves into wisps of blue smoke, the mirrors catching it all, bouncing it back and forth Picture Quote #1

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put it down and in a matter of hours it becomes a product. Not just a product like a can or something. It is a personal product that people, a lot of people, take the time to sit down and read Picture Quote #1

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit Picture Quote #1

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I’m on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) What you want to do is not go to work. You’re not missing a thing. The worst thing I did was start work young. (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man’s neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and it is thrown overboard. The man invariably follows. (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Don’t try to tell Namath’s people on First Avenue about Babe Ruth, because they don’t even know the name. In fact, with the young, you can forget all of baseball. The sport is gone. But if you ever have seen Ruth, and then you see Namath, you know there is very little difference. (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence? (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) That’s the horrible thing starting out, you get distracted a lot because anything is easier than writing. It’s just the same enemy - blank paper (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Marvelous Marv was holding down first base. This is like saying Willie Sutton works at your bank (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) True New Yorkers do not really seek information about the outside world. They feel that if anything is not in New York it is not likely to be interesting (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) I busted out of the place in a hurry and went to a saloon and drank beer and said that for the rest of my life I’d never take a job in a place where you couldn’t throw cigarette butts on the floor. I was hooked on this writing for newspapers and magazines (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Anything that isn’t writing is easy (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Don’t call me a journalist; I hate the word. It’s pretentious! (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Don’t trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Media, the plural of mediocrity (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Why something in the public interest such as television news can be fought over, like a chain of hamburger stands, eludes me (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Politics: where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man’s neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and it is thrown overboard. The man invariably follows (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) All political power is primarily an illusion. Illusion. Mirrors and blue smoke, beautiful blue smoke rolling over the surface of highly polished mirrors, first a thin veil of blue smoke, then a thick cloud that suddenly dissolves into wisps of blue smoke, the mirrors catching it all, bouncing it back and forth (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that you found out about, and you put it down and in a matter of hours it becomes a product. Not just a product like a can or something. It is a personal product that people, a lot of people, take the time to sit down and read (Jimmy Breslin Quotes) The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit (Jimmy Breslin Quotes)

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