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“Out in the fog, weary, yet buoyant from the drinks, his mind dulled along with his aches and his energy returning, Tully was free of the sense of impending ordeal that had been with him for weeks. He felt whole, self-sufficient, felt his life had at last opened up and that now nothing stood between him and the future's infinite possibilities.”
― Fat City
― Fat City
“Sinatra was ill. He was the victim of an ailment so common that most people would consider it trivial. But when it gets to Sinatra, it can plunge him into a state of anguish, deep depression, panic, even rage. Frank Sinatra had a cold. Sinatra with a cold is Picasso without paint, Ferrari without fuel- only worse. For the common cold robs Sinatra of that uninsurable jewel, his voice, cutting into the core of his confidence, and it not only affects his own psyche but also seems to cause a kind of psychosomatic nasal drip within dozens of people who work for him, drink with him, love him, depend on him for their own welfare and stability. A Sinatra with a cold can, in a small way, send vibrations through the entertainment industry and beyond as surely as a president of the United States, suddenly sick, can shake the national economy. For Frank Sinatra was now involved with many things involving many people—his own film company, his record company, his private airline, his missile-parts firm, his real-estate holdings across the nation, his personal staff of seventy-five—which are only a portion of the power he is and has come to represent. He seemed now to be also the embodiment of the fully emancipated male, perhaps the only one in America, the man who can do anything he wants, anything, can do it because he has the money, the energy, and no apparent guilt.”
― The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters
― The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters
“The golf links lie so near the mill
That almost every day
The laboring children can look out
And see the men at play.”
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That almost every day
The laboring children can look out
And see the men at play.”
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“I am not used to being called a son-of-a-bitch,” Sulzberger remarked to an editor after one unpleasant experience, “but I suppose I shall learn to like it.”
― The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World
― The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World
“Misogyny, when expressed or explored by men, remains a timeless classic.”
― The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
― The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning
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