"The library is a place where most of……" — Pete Hamill
"The library is a place where most of the things I came to value as an adult had their beginnings."
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26 Quotes by Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill has 26 quotes on this site.
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What libraries give you is all three tenses - the past tense - the present tense in which we live…
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The only way to fight nostalgia is to listen to somebody else's nostalgia
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In the end, the only thing the true New Yorker knows about New York is that it is unknowable.
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The goal is to be both disciplined and loose, so that the writing does not turn into a task or…
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The best newspapermen I know are those most thrilled by the daily pump of city room excitements; they long fondly…
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The culture of drink endures because it offers so many rewards: confidence for the shy, clarity for the uncertain, solace…
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Frank Sinatra was the voice of the 20th-century American city.
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One thing is certain: for many of those who came back from WWII, the music of Frank Sinatra was no…
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This is truly marvelous work full of mystery, nostalgia, joy, The Color of Whimsy.
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It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major…
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Writing is the hardest work in the world not involving heavy lifting.
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There is a growing feeling that perhaps Texas is really another country, a place where the skies, the disasters, the…
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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