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Jimmy Breslin quotes

American Entertainer October 17, 1930

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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
Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same neighborhood. Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin quote: "The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a..."
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
Jimmy Breslin quote: "Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this..."
Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks. Jimmy Breslin
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
Jimmy Breslin quote: "Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets."
Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets. Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin quote: "When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous..."
When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place. Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin quote: "Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have..."
Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers. Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin quote: "The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money."
The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money. Jimmy Breslin
Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage. Jimmy Breslin
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
Jimmy Breslin quote: "When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere."
When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere. Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin quote: "The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to..."
The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal. Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin quote: "Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of..."
Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy. Jimmy Breslin
Jimmy Breslin quote: "Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility."
Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility. Jimmy Breslin

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