Abraham Polonsky Quotes

Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America?

Abraham Polonsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 5, 1910 - October 26, 1999

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'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It's timeless. It's just as beautiful today as it was back then.

John Lasseter

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People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

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I have high expectations for the people who work for me. I figure that if they work really hard and do a good job on one of my campaigns or in my office, that experience will serve them well later on.

Amy Klobuchar

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In the corporate-owned media, men dressed like Ronald Reagan and women dressed like Rita Hayworth disseminate grotesque exaggerations and gossip in authoritative tones.

Steven Weber

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You can live with diabetes. It's not the worst thing to have, but you have to manage yourself and have some self control.

Tony Rock

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I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

Robert Cormier

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Our understanding is correlative to our perception.

Robert Delaunay

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Being a parent is too complicated and emotional a task for magical techniques and miracle cures.

Ron Taffel

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Any time you've got both the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, you're not long for the White House.

Michael Moore

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Anything can happen, so you have to control your attitude and stay strong.

Jason Day

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It does get crazy sometimes, but I've never complained about stopping to give autographs or anything like that.

Jordan Knight

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I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.

Chazz Palminteri

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