Those of Manhattan are the brokers on Wall Street and they talk of people who went to the same colleges; those from Queens are margin clerks in the back offices and they speak of friends who live in the same…

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Media, the plural of mediocrity.

Media, the plural of mediocrity.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

The professional arsonist builds vacant lots for money.

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied,...

Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied,...

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with...

The other feature is a gymnasium named after another dead politician who was gifted with...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that started you...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how...

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

Speaks cheerful English and in the past has written this language with a paintbrush that...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of...

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

A job on a newspaper is a special thing. Every day you take something that...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

ABC Television Network: Your services, such as they are, will no longer be required as...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Twenty million people are starving [in Russia]. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!

Twenty million people are starving [in Russia]. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!

Preserve the President's options. He may need them.

Preserve the President's options. He may need them.