152 Quotes by Pete Hamill

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    He looked at her for a long moment, as if remembering unfinished conversations, and then went back to place some damp, slow-burning turf on the fire.

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    For me reading a book is what I like doing, curled up in a corner in a comfortable chair.

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    Any of us who've been newspapermen for a long time hate generalizations.

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    If it's a beautiful day, I love taking walks. The walks are always aimless.

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    The spookiest thing I can remember about John Gotti is his eyes.

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    The original text of New York is all below Chambers Street.

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    There's nothing more human than selling food to strangers, you know?

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    Journalism is a team sport. Writing novels is golf: it's you and the ball.

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    Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a newspaperman originally in Colombia. He talked about - and I agree - how everybody has a public life, a private life, and a secret life.

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