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George Plimpton quotes

American Journalist March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003

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As happens with people who love a thing too much, it destroys them. Oscar Wilde said, 'You destroy the thing that you love.' It's the other way around. What you love destroys you. George Plimpton
George Plimpton quote: "My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story..."
My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman. George Plimpton
The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised at the top of a mountain trail, the basketball player with the rough skin of the ball against his palm preparing for a foul shot, the tennis player at set point over his opponent--all of them savoring a moment before committing themselves to action. George Plimpton
George Plimpton quote: "The New York Times published the guest list on the front page...."
The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept. George Plimpton
George Plimpton quote: "He still has the same way of calling to me, as if I'm still..."
He still has the same way of calling to me, as if I'm still new to him, as if he has yet to get over me. George Plimpton
I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation. George Plimpton
George Plimpton quote: "I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong..."
I have never been convinced there's anything inherently wrong in having fun. George Plimpton
George Plimpton quote: "I never understood people who don't have bookshelves."
I never understood people who don't have bookshelves. George Plimpton
George Plimpton quote: "It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the..."
It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury. George Plimpton
George Plimpton quote: "He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati..."
He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill. George Plimpton

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