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> [My own father used to boast to me of biting off a man's ear in a street fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-elman/my-own-father-used-to-boast-to-me-of-biting-off-a-man-s-ear-in-a/)

[Richard Elman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-elman/)

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## More by Richard Elman

> [If you're famous and supposedly wise, it's always a good idea to have a tape recorder in the room. Never can tell when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-elman/if-you-re-famous-and-supposedly-wise-it-s-always-a-good-idea-to-have/)

[Richard Elman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-elman/)

> [I can recall photographs of Comrade Ulbricht being embraced by Comrade Brezhnev, which must have been like putting your arms around Grant's Tomb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-elman/i-can-recall-photographs-of-comrade-ulbricht-being-embraced-by/)

[Richard Elman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-elman/)

> [I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat humorously melodramatic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-elman/i-jabbered-too-much-in-class-about-all-the-russian-writers-whom-i/)

[Richard Elman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-elman/)

> [If I wanted to be Rimbaud, what was I doing in graduate school? Trying to stay out of the army, of course. Graduate study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-elman/if-i-wanted-to-be-rimbaud-what-was-i-doing-in-graduate-school-trying/)

[Richard Elman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-elman/)

> [Now, past middle age, with so many books written I still care about and only a few still in print, I know the feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-elman/now-past-middle-age-with-so-many-books-written-i-still-care-about-and/)

[Richard Elman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-elman/)

> [My own father used to boast to me of biting off a man's ear in a street fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-elman/my-own-father-used-to-boast-to-me-of-biting-off-a-man-s-ear-in-a/)

[Richard Elman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-elman/)

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