Table Money: A Novel
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“Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?”
“Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious!”
“I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories.”
“The test of a good idea is its ability to last through a hangover”
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“I'm on my high school football team and MUST show how much I know.”
Source: Table Money: A Novel
“Go around with your eyes like a camera. Don't lose it by talking. Go and listen. And work!”
“The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.”
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“Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.”
“Don't trust a brilliant idea unless it survives the hangover.”
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“Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.”
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“Complainant received immediate lacerations of the credibility.”
“Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that talks.”
“Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.”
“Marvelous Marv was holding down first base. This is like saying Willie Sutton works at your bank.”
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