American - Journalist | June 24, 1935 -
I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird or the rising of the sun on a misty morning. There they are, and they are beautiful.
Pete Hamill
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If it's a beautiful day, I love taking walks. The walks are always aimless.
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The most successful terrorist group in the United States for almost 70 years was the Ku Klux Klan. They hated Catholics, Jews, and blacks. They were prone to violence.
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He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled.
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'The Daily News' and 'Post' gave me my life, and I want to see them survive.
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To me, doctors and nurses and teachers are heroes, doing often infinitely more difficult work than the more flamboyant kind of a hero.
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Every reporter inhales skepticism. You interview people, and they lie. You face public figures, diligently making notes or taping what is said, and they perform their interviews to fit a calculated script. The truth, alas, is always elusive.
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For those without money, the road to that treasure house of the imagination begins at the public library.
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Everybody who went to Vietnam carries his or her own version of the war. Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support.
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All good sports reporters know that the best stories are in the loser's locker room.
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The replenishing thing that comes with a nap - you end up with two mornings in a day.
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The Internet has got great tools. How we lived without Google all those years I don't know.
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