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> [People dress up for funerals. Why not dress up to celebrate that you’re alive?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/people-dress-up-for-funerals-why-not-dress-up-to-celebrate-that-you/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

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## More by Gay Talese

> [“The penis, often regarded as a weapon, is also a burden, the male curse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/the-penis-often-regarded-as-a-weapon-is-also-a-burden-the-male-curse/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/yes-there-is-a-little-group-of-soccer-aficionados-but-i-am-not-one-of/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/people-go-to-restaurants-for-so-many-different-reasons-to-court-a/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [“in a male-dominated world, Reich suggested, there was an “economic interest” in the continued role of women as “the provider of children for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/in-a-male-dominated-world-reich-suggested-there-was-an-economic/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [“Too many people were obsessed with their heads and were alienated from their bodies, Perls believed, adding: “We have to lose our minds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/too-many-people-were-obsessed-with-their-heads-and-were-alienated/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [“An individual with genital character, according to Reich, was fully in contact with with his body, his drives, his environment- he possessed “orgastic potency,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/an-individual-with-genital-character-according-to-reich-was-fully-in/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [Wall Street bankers supposedly back the Yankees; Smith College girls approve of them. God, Brooks Brothers, and United States Steel are believed to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/wall-street-bankers-supposedly-back-the-yankees-smith-college-girls/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [“Group nudity could also be personally beneficial, according to psychologist Abraham M. Maslow, who believed that nudist camps or parks might be places where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/group-nudity-could-also-be-personally-beneficial-according-to/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [“While the moral force of Judeo-Christian tradition and the law have sought to purify the penis, and to restrict its seed to the sanctified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/while-the-moral-force-of-judeo-christian-tradition-and-the-law-have/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [Restaurants are a wonderful escape for me. And are for a lot of people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/restaurants-are-a-wonderful-escape-for-me-and-are-for-a-lot-of-people/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/the-park-avenue-of-poodles-and-polished-brass-it-is-cab-country-tip/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [Putting on a beautifully designed suit elevates my spirit, extols my sense of self, and helps define me as a man to whom details…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/putting-on-a-beautifully-designed-suit-elevates-my-spirit-extols-my/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [Listen, then make up your own mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/listen-then-make-up-your-own-mind/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [“Bullaro blushed. Barbara guided him around the room to meet other people, but all he saw in furtive glances were dangling breasts and hairy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/bullaro-blushed-barbara-guided-him-around-the-room-to-meet-other/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

> [News, if unreported, has no impact. It might as well have not happened at all](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gay-talese/news-if-unreported-has-no-impact-it-might-as-well-have-not-happened/)

[Gay Talese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gay-talese/)

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