Quote by Nelson Algren
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Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Moms. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. – Nelson Algren

Other quotes by Nelson Algren

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of town Tuesday. – Nelson Algren

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Hollywood
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The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back it up with a Ph.D. – Nelson Algren

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Criticism
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Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. – Nelson Algren

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legal
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My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate. – Victor Cruz

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mom

Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And shes about 5 feet – and very mighty. And she would control her kids a lot by giving them the eye, or the stare. – Vanessa Williams

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mom

I think my mom put it best. She said, Little girls soften their daddys hearts. – Paul Walker

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mom

I wanted to get us a place of our own with a little bit more space. The kitchen is just huge, because my mom… lives there, man, and she loves being in the kitchen. – Freddy Adu

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No man stands so straight as when he stoops to help a [child]. – Knights of Pythagoras

There were times when I thought I would never own a car. – Victor Cruz

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I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face. – Katherine Mansfield

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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. – Quentin Crisp

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