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22 quotes by Jimmy Breslin

Jimmy Breslin Breslin at the 2008 Brooklyn Book Festival Born James Earl Breslin (1930-10-17) October 17, 1930 (age 84) Jamaica, Queens, New York Occupation Reporter, columnist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright, actor Notable awards George Polk Award Pulitzer Prize Spouse Rosemary Dattalico (1954–1981) Ronnie Eldridge (1982–present) Children James Breslin Kevin Breslin Rosemary Breslin Patrick Breslin Kelly Breslin Christopher Breslin...
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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... →

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The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

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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... →

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Media, the plural of mediocrity.

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Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious!

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

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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... →

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Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.

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When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

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Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers.

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Pick up any newspaper in the morning. Count the words in the lead sentences. There will be at least 25 in all of them: Guaranteed. The writers just... →

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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.

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The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

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