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“Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime”

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Jimmy Cannon was a renowned American journalist, born on April 10, 1909, and passed away on December 5, 1973. Known for his unique sense of humor and insightful observations, Cannon held a significant position in the field of journalism. more

“The story of American wrestling at its greatest is the story of its most illustrious champion, Frank Gotch. He dominated the field. Through his extraordinary ability, he gained for wrestling many converts. It was Gotch's victories over the hitherto invincible Hackenschmidt that made him the post popular mat star in America and started a movement among college men to take up wrestling.”

Men Made Stories America Stars Ability Movement Fields College Victory Extraordinary Posts Champion Wrestling Frank Invincible

Author:Nat Fleischer

“People come to New York City because they want something different... now, people are just getting the sterilized version of that.”

People Want Different Cities New York Versions New York City Want Something

Author:Robert Anasi

“In The Art and Aesthetics of Boxing, David Scott addresses the daunting task of establishing a groundwork for the aesthetics of boxing-and succeeds with consummate authority. . . . In Scott's incisive blend of art history, sociology, and sports writing, he makes a daring and original statement about fighters and the artists who enshrined them.”

Writing Art Artist Sports Succeed Authority Tasks Originals Statements Fighter Boxing Addresses Daring Sociology Aesthetics Art History Groundwork Daunting Tasks

Author:Robert Anasi

“Men choose Hamlet because every man sees himself as a disinherited monarch. Women choose Alice [in Wonderland] because every woman sees herself as the only reasonable creature among crazy people who think they are disinherited monarchs.”

People Thinking Men Crazy Creatures Every Man Reasonable Monarchs Wonderland Crazy People

Author:Adam Gopnik

“After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn't be carousels if it weren't so.”

Ifs Rewards Spinning Carousels

Book:Paris to the Moon

Source: Paris to the Moon

“Love, like light, is a thing that is enacted better than defined: we know it afterward by the traces it leaves on paper.”

Knows Light Paper Defined

Author:Adam Gopnik

“American long for a closed society in which everything can be bought, where laborers are either hidden away or dressed up as nonhumans, so as not to be disconcerting. This place is called Disney World”

World Long Dressed Up Laborers

Book:Paris to the Moon

Source: Paris to the Moon

“The loneliness of the expatriate is of an odd and complicated kind, for it is inseparable from the feeling of being free, of having escaped.”

Kind Feelings Loneliness Complicated Odd Inseparable Being Free Expatriates

Book:Paris to the Moon

Source: Paris to the Moon

“The French believe that all errors are distant, someone else's fault. Americans believe that there is no distance, no difference, and therefore that there are no errors, that any troubles are simple misunderstandings, consequent on your not yet having spoken English loudly enough.”

Believe Enough Differences Simple Trouble Distance Errors Faults Misunderstanding Spoken English

Book:Paris to the Moon

Source: Paris to the Moon

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