Nelson Algren Quotes

Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.

Nelson Algren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 28, 1909 - May 9, 1981

Topics

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In America, mixed-race identity tends to invite both curiosity and suspicion, largely because few have found a way to interrogate it without centering whiteness as the scale by which to evaluate blackness.

Jenna Wortham

IdentityCuriosityAmericaWayFound

Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him, neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart to be loved by him.

Matthew Henry

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An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

Robert Baden-Powell

CharacterResponsibilityTrainingPut

I think what people like about people is when they live their life the way they want to live it, unapologetically, and if they're being true to themselves.

Ron Livingston

LifeLivePeopleThinkWantTrue

I am an actor through and through.

Dougray Scott

I AmActorThroughAm

I don't care if my opponents are cheating or not.

Demetrious Johnson

CareCheatingOpponents

My only worry about tweeting and modern technology is how it has crept into even the darkest corners of the absolute global village we live in.

Denis Leary

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I'm not here to be a puppet, if you will.

Brock Osweiler

YouWillHerePuppet

I do have an ego, but I acknowledge the help I get.

Anton Corbijn

EgoHelpGetAcknowledge

A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

Allen Klein

HumorPerspectiveLongWayLittle

Sometimes the only way to realize what a foolish purchase is is to make one.

Scooter Braun

SometimesWayRealizeFoolishOnly

The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast.

Mario Diaz-Balart

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