Murray Kempton quotes

The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game and lost. (Murray Kempton)
The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it. View quote
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No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting. View quote
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A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature. View quote
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A man can look upon his life and accept it as good or evil; it is far, far harder for him to confess that it has been unimportant in the sum of things. View quote
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It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience. View quote
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In baseball, the true class enemy is not the boss, but the fan. View quote
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Great care has gone into the construction of the shadow which declares itself to be Richard Nixon. View quote
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If you talk to gangsters long enough, you'll find out they're just as bad as respectable people. View quote
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One does not attend this movie; one enlists in it. View quote
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A neighborhood is where, when you go out of it, you get beat up. (Murray Kempton)
To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all. View quote
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